Health Care & Hospital Law
Jul. 8, 2011
Bill Giving State Power to Regulate Health Insurance Rate Hikes Passes Committee
The Health Committee in the California Senate voted 5-3 on Wednesday to forward a bill to the Senate Appropriations Committee that would give state regulators the power to approve, deny or modify "unreasonable" health insurance rate increases and offer consumers a means for challenging rate hikes.
By Mandy Jackson
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The Health Committee in the California Senate voted 5-3 on Wednesday to forward a bill to the Senate Appropriations Committee that would give state regulators the power to approve, deny or modify "unreasonable" health insurance rate increases and offer consumers a means for challenging rate hikes.
Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, sponsored Assembly Bill 52, which is similar to Proposition 103 from 1988, which gave th...
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