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How ObamaCare increases Colorado premiums
The Colorado Division of Insurance has published the “Effect of New Federal Requirements on Colorado Health Insurance Premiums.” Here’s a brief look behind the numbers. Continue reading
Posted in Colorado health care, PPC
Tagged Colorado Division of Insurance, HR 3590, pre-existing conditions, rescission
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Colorado insurers seek to raise premiums in response to ObamaCare
From the Denver Post: Some of the same insurers, meanwhile, have filed proposed rate increases with Colorado for individual policies, hiking premiums by up to 27 percent, regulators said. UnitedHealthcare has asked for an 8.3 percent increase in large-group plans, … Continue reading
Medicaid Rescissions Worse than Private Insurers
THe health control legislation [HR 3590] expands Medicaid eligibility. John Goodman explains how Medicaid‘s denial of coverage are worse than private insurers: During the year leading up to the final passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), … Continue reading
Isn’t it already illegal to drop coverage?
I just sent the following e-mail to Janet Adamy, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal: Dear Ms. Adamy, You’ve mentioned that under Senate BIll 3590 would “Insurance companies would no longer be able to cancel enrollees’ policies because they … Continue reading
Insurance company wrong-doing no rationale for government health plan
The Denver Post published my letter to the editor on October 31. (Yes, I just saw it now.) Re: “The cost of failure on health care for Colorado,” Oct. 28 online-only guest commentary. Say your neighborhood deli rigged its scales … Continue reading
Posted in myths & fallacies, PPC
Tagged Mike Cerbo, post-claims underwriting, rescission, right to health care
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Post-claims underwriting no justification for government health plan
If you internet service provider violated the contract you made with them by canceled your policy (say you’re hogging bandwidth) is that a reason for government to create a tax-funded “public internet service provider”? Of course not. The ISP in … Continue reading
Rescission of health insurance no rationale for government control
Economist Scott Harrington makes some excellent points about health insurance rescission in the Wall Street Journal. Here’s the take home point: If existing laws and litigation governing rescission are inadequate, there clearly are a variety of ways that the states … Continue reading