"… mericans. …"

"… $2,000 worth of care each year.Consumer advocates call these plans “junk insurance.” That’s because what workers get in these plans for their hard-earned …"

"… health care reform law. They would disappear even sooner if employers and insurance companies that sell these plans had to comply with a provision of the law …"

"… o provide at least $750,000 in medical coverage annually. Trouble is, many insurance firms and employers are squirming their way out of complying with that pro …"

"… mericans. …"

"… ectively monitor their behavior, although the main responsibility of state insurance departments is actually to protect the interests of consumers against pred …"

"… news outlet. If I had gone further back in time and gone directly to state insurance departments rather than relying on news reports, I would have found many, …"

"… a politician say that reducing regulations and allowing the sale of health insurance across state lines would go a long way toward controlling health care cost …"

"… the Ryan plan would represent a windfall of unprecedented proportions for insurance corporations and other businesses.For millions of average Americans, many …"

"… ry 65-year-old in 2022 if the government doesn’t turn it over to private insurance companies.While that might sound fair on the surface, it would actually be …"

"… t year, compared to those who turn 65 in 2021. That’s because commercial insurance plans are much more expensive, and operate far less efficiently, than the …"

"… ss included a provision in last year’s health care reform law to require insurance firms to spend no more than 20 percent of their policyholders’ premiums …"

"… een reporting.  Last year—as the number of Americans without health insurance grew to nearly 51 million—the five largest for-profit insurers (Aetna, C …"

"… ical care—and far more on overhead—than they have in the past.How much insurance firms spend on medical care is measured by what is called the medical loss …"

"… cal loss ratio. In 1993, the average medical loss ratio in the health insurance industry was 95 percent, which meant that insurers spent 95 cents out of e …"

"… yth that competition among insurers results in lower premiums. Health insurance is one part of the U.S. economy where the free market works beautifully fo …"

"… of the reasons I wanted to return to journalism after a long career as an insurance company PR man was to keep an eye on the implementation of the new health …"

"… implement the legislation boring and of little interest to the public.But insurance company lobbyists know the media are not paying much attention. And so the …"

"… be implemented as Congress intended. Rest assured, he told them, that the insurance industry’s lobbyists were relentless in their demands that the regulatio …"

"… Care Act will help support and protect consumers and end some of the worst insurance company abuses,” read an Obama administration fact sheet read from last …"