They wanted their Obamacare prices to be low—but the state said "no." The state of Oregon reportedly has ordered a number of insurers to raise proposed Obamacare premiums for 2016 after some of those companies asked for rates that were only moderately higher, if not lower than this year. (Tweet this) Read MoreMillions could lose Obamacare subsidies

Now, many Obamacare customers there are looking at likely double-digit percentage rate increases after having experienced some of "the lowest premiums in the nation," the Oregonian noted.



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For example, Oregon's Health CO-OP asked for a 5.3-percent average rate increase for next year, but the state's preliminary decision calls for a 19.9 percent average hike for that insurer's plans. Trillium Community Health Plan requested a 5 percent average increase, but the state wants 12.4 percent hike.

And Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest wanted to actually cut rates by an average of 2 percent. But the state said those rates should rise by an average of 8.3 percent. Read MoreObamacare insurers get help for high-cost claims

Even in cases where the state didn't modify a proposed rate, many customers are in for bad news. The Oregonian noted that Moda Health Plan, which covers almost half of Oregon's 220,000 people who buy their own private health insurance, asked and received approval for rates that are 25.6 percent higher on average.