Michigan’s House of Representatives debated car insurance reform to replace its no-fault insurance requirement that has led to the highest premiums in the country, primarily because of…
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A group of health care advisers and insurance commissioners at the Brookings Institution discussed approaches to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Panelists shared real-life…
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A group of health care advisers and insurance commissioners at the Brookings Institution discussed approaches to eliminate surprise out-of-network medical bills. Panelists shared real-life…
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Brian Marcotte, president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health, spoke about his organization’s annual survey of employers about health care benefit costs and coverage strategies…
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In the weekly Democratic address Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) talked about health care and health insurance plans.
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Policy analysts talkecd about the state of the individual insurance market. The panel included two state insurance commissioners from Washington state and Maryland.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the Democratic Women’s Working Group held a news conference to push for reauthorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program…
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Health care stakeholders, including state and insurance company officials, testified at a hearing on stabilization of the individual insurance market. They discussed the future of “cost-sharing…
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The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee heard from health insurance experts on their recommendations to stabilize the individual health insurance markets and lower premiums. Witnesses included…
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A bipartisan group of governors testified on ways to lower health care premium costs and to stabilize the individual insurance market. They discussed allowing states more flexibility to…
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State health insurance commissioners gave their recommendations to stabilize and lower costs of the individual health insurance markets. Topics included the uncertainty of the future of…
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Robert Hartwig talked about the current fiscal demands of the National Flood Insurance Program. He spoke via video link from Columbia, South Carolina.
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Brian Marcotte, president and CEO of the National Business Group on Health, presented the results of his organization’s annual survey of employers about health care benefit costs and…
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John Doak, the Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, was among the witnesses testifying at a hearing on efforts to eliminate insurance fraud by consumers, insurers, and scammers. Subcommittee…
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Stephen Ellis talked about the effort to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program before the end of September 2017. The program, which is $25 billion in debt, was created by Congress in 1968 and is administered…
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James Gelfand talked about how the Republican health care reform legislation might affect employer-based health insurance plans.
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The Alliance for Health Reform’s health insurance policy forum resumed for two additional panels. The first featured policy experts who talked about the challenges facing Medicaid and how…
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The Alliance for Health Reform hosted a health insurance policy forum to consider the state of the industry and the future of health care in the U.S. This portion features a conversation…
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Witnesses testified at a hearing reviewing federal laws guaranteeing parity of coverage for physical and mental health. Witnesses included behavioral health experts who discussed mental health care…
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Louise Radnofsky talks about the future of the health care insurance exchanges following the recent decisions by Aetna and UnitedHealth to pull out of them. Topics included expected rises in premiums…
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