Analysis — Insurers lobbying on the fine print may erase consumer protections

By Wendell Potter

One of the provisions of the health reform law that insurers hate most requires that they spend at least 80 percent of what we pay them in p

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"… d more industry-friendly Republicans serving both in Congress and as state insurance commissioners. Just weeks before last November’s election, the National Associati …"

"… rmer insurance company executive who previously served as Nebraska’s insurance commissioner. Getting Congress to pretend broker commissions don’t exist is not …"

Right on the money: The George W. Bush profile

By Charles Lewis

On January 30, 1990, Platt's Oilgram News, a respected trade journal of the petroleum industry, reported that a subsidiary of a small, Dalla

ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Don't take Blue Shield's $180 million refund offer at face value

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"… The bill, which is now on its way to the Senate, would give the state’s insurance commissioner the authority to reject “unreasonable” premium increases.Commissioners …"

"… addition to worrying about the possibility of dealing with a more powerful insurance commissioner, Blue Shield has also been getting a raft of bad press lately. It got so m …"

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ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: California bill faces tough fight

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"… fornia by as much as 23 percent. No wonder it doesn’t want the state’s insurance commissioner to have the power to say “no” to such increases.So just how did it hap …"

"… often as their for-profit competitors.That’s why they don’t want state insurance commissioners having any more regulatory authority than they currently do, which is rea …"

ANALYSIS: Insurers's bait and switch

By Wendell Potter

Analysis: Insurers fooling consumers with cynical bait and switch promising low premiums

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"… stakes higher than in California—not only because AB 52 would allow the insurance commissioner to turn down requests for unjustifiably high rate hikes, but also because …"

"… no real power to do so. He told reporters in 2005, while still serving as insurance commissioner, that high-deductible plans would eventually result in a “death spiral …"

ANALYSIS: Insurance exchanges tilted toward health insurers, not consumers

By Wendell Potter

Appointments to boards governing insurance exchanges raise doubts about just who's being protected

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"… ompanies as well as they do. I got to know and respect Colorado’s former insurance commissioner, Marcy Morrison, when I served as a consumer representative to the Nationa …"

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ANALYSIS: Connecticut's insurers are flexing their muscles at the statehouse

By Wendell Potter

Dan Malloy's health care promises have turned into disappointment

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"… submit both written and verbal testimony to be considered by the state’s insurance commissioner when deciding if a rate increase was justified. Insurers hated the bill, a …"

ANALYSIS: An abiding faith in reform

By Wendell Potter

Golden State insurance commissioner optimistic about health reform and hopes for single-payer system

ANALYSIS: Holding insurers accountable

By Wendell Potter

Tips for consumers on how to deal with health insurance firms

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"… told you without any direction from her supervisor. That’s something the insurance commissioner should try to find out. But know this: in most cases, it is to an insurer …"

"… e in handy if you file an appeal with the company or a complaint with your insurance commissioner.The situation you described is just one reason why it is so important for …"

ANALYSIS: Taking the initiative in a struggle against excessive rate increases

By Wendell Potter

Insurance commissioner would gain new power if California effort succeeds

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"… ber of signatures to get the initiative on the ballot. While the state’s insurance commissioner can reject excessive auto insurance rate increases, he doesn’t have the …"

"… big five earlier this month show, it is a nationwide phenomenon. A former insurance commissioner in Missouri told me recently that agents and brokers have told him that in …"

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