by Sylvia Moore | Jul 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Sacramento Bee reported that AB 52, the legislation that would give regulators the authority to review proposed health insurance rate increases, passed the state Senate Health Committee on Wednesday. Assembly Bill 52, the controversial bill that would impose rate...
by Sylvia Moore | Jul 7, 2011 | News
In a previous post, we showed that health insurance companies are spending thousands of dollars of their customers’ premiums, not on medical care, but on lobbyists. But the insurers don’t stop there. According to industry whistle blower Wendell Potter,...
by Sylvia Moore | Jul 5, 2011 | News
It’s bad enough that much of our hard earned money goes into health insurer CEO pockets. It’s even worse that much of our hard earned money is also going into the pockets of lobbyists the insurance industry hires to fight legislation that would actually...
by Andrew McGuire | Jul 5, 2011 | News
by nyceve There is an immensely important vote on Wednesday in the health committee of the California State Senate. It’s a vote on AB 52 to regulate health insurers, and give the insurance commissioner the ability to review, approve, deny or modify excessive...
by Sylvia Moore | May 23, 2011 | News
Donna Smith, a community organizer for National Nurses United, wrote the following for the Common Dreams blog: Guarding Health is Not Their Business, But It is Ours by Donna Smith If for one moment anyone has the notion that for-profit health insurance companies are...