"On November 1, just before the election on November 8, new numbers are coming out which will show 40, 50, 60 percent increases. They want to delay it until after the election, because it's election. It's a disaster."

In fact, many of the premium hikes that have been approved are already public, and all of them will be public on Nov. 1, when open enrollment for ACA plans begins. There has been no indication by the Obama administration that the open enrollment will be pushed back until after the election.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told The Washington Post that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency that oversees healthcare.gov, has no intention of changing the date:

"Dates for the upcoming Open Enrollment are the same as this past year and have already been finalized through rule-making in CMS' annual payment notice published this spring. They won't be moved."

As is usually the case, Trump has not changed his story when faced with the facts. His claim about a massive cover-up of premium increases will likely feature in one or more of the three upcoming debates against Clinton.

While the allegation of a delay is flat-out false, Trump's repeated insistence that premiums are going up by 40, 50 or 60 percent are mere exaggerations. Some plans have experienced hikes that great, but they are outliers. The average increase will be roughly 9 percent.