rate regulation

State Regulators Approve Regence Rate Increase

Regence individual plan holders face nearly 15 percent rate increases after 26 percent jump last year
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May 8, 2009 -- State insurance regulators approved another wallet busting premium increase today. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon will be allowed to increase premiums on individual health plans by 14.7 percent in July. Read More >>

Executives Should Roll Back Their Salaries

TheLundReport.org makes its first splash on the pages of The Sunday Oregonian
Originally in The Oregonian, Sunday Opinion section
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April 19, 2009 -- It's time to call a halt to the excessive salaries and bonuses earned by Oregon health insurance executives. Who gives them the right to draw huge salaries while increasing our insurance premiums and causing more people to forgo health coverage?
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OSPIRG Takes on Premium Spikes

Can insurance rate regulation overcome the industry's high-powered lobbying efforts?
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April 15, 2009 -- The Oregon insurance industry faces a showdown from consumer advocacy groups, small businesses and unions that want stronger regulation of premium increases. Read More >>

Health Care Reform News Around the Nation for the Week of April 13

A roundup of news from other states
Originally at CaliforniaHealthline.org
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April 13, 2009 -- State legislatures and governors across the country are dealing with the same problems we face in Oregon including shoring up Medicaid, regulating health insurance, controlling costs and increasing cigarrette taxes.
 
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Health Insurance Regulators Under Fire

Regence wants a 19 percent rate increase while a former state senator says political pressure influenced last year’s 26 percent rate-hike approval
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April 3, 2009 -- Attorney and former Oregon Senator Charlie Ringo accused government watchdogs who oversee the Oregon health insurance industry of an “outrageous breach of public trust.” Read More >>

Educate Yourself with a Collection of Useful Links

We've compiled a list of useful links where you can learn more about the healthcare industry and search for complaint records.
If you thought navigating the healthcare system was hard, try finding   financial information about the industry, or what's happening with insurance rates or hospital quality data. We sifted the Internet and put together this list of resources. 
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