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Health Care Bill Forces Insurers To Justify Rate Increases to Government

By Philip Klein on 10.29.09 @ 2:46PM

I've been reading through the 1,990 page health care bill, and thought I'd pass along this part, which jumped out at me:

The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in conjunction with States, shall establish a process for the annual review of increases in premiums for health insurance coverage. Such process shall require health insurance issuers to submit a justification for any premium increases prior to implementation of the increase.

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Flee| 10.29.09 @ 4:37PM

These fools think everybody in a state pays the same rates for coverage. Rates vary based on the experience of the group. Do they really believe the govt can handle reviewing all rate changes for all carriers? They can't even add up their own dream-induced bill totals.

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