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Will Health Insurance Companies Lose Their Antitrust Exemption …

That means that the government has little recourse in preventing the creation of monopolies and price fixing among health insurance companies that raises health insurance rates for everyone. … Still, top Congressional Democrats are undecided on how to move on with the legislation after the loss of their filibuster-proof Senate majority. Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter, who wrote the House bill’s antitrust provision, does not believe the nation can afford to …

California AG Investigating 7 Insurance Companies For Illegal Rate …

The state’s Attorney General’s office announced that it has subpoenaed financial documents and launched an investigation into allegations of illegal premium hikes and wrongfully denied claims by seven separate health insurance providers. … As part of the investigation into Anthem’s proposed rate hikes, the AG is seeking information about the finances of the company’s top 10 executives. These subpoenas were handed down by the state Assembly’s Rules Committee, …

BlueOregon: Pushback on health care reform, in Oregon and the country

In the first instance this is up to the Rules Committee, which must reconcile the varying committee mark-ups of H.R. 3200, which means in essence persuading key top leaders to keep it in. … These mostly Oregon docs are bringing the message that doctors support a universal national health insurance system that gets the insurance companies out from between them and their patients, that supports their ethical views about the right of all to quality health care and the …