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Business Owners Look for Ways to Mediate Insurance Rate Increases

At a training sponsored by OSPIRG, consumers and business owners gained first hand knowledge about what goes into insurance rate decisions
October 5, 2011 – Small employers feel frustrated by the rising cost of health insurance, and their lack of power to negotiate for better rates. That point was made very clear by Gene Mechanic, a lawyer for Portland-based Bennett, Hartman, Morris, Kaplan, LLP at a training session held by OSPIRG last week. Read More >>

Oregon Pushes Back on Insurance Rate Increases

The Oregon Insurance Division lowers several key rate increase requests
@ Oregonlive.com
December 10, 2010 -- Oregonians with spendy individual and small-business health insurance plans are again facing double-digit increases. Read More >>

A Cautionary Tale from Santa Fe

A health insurance expert gives a cautionary tale to those pushing for meaningful federal rate review
May 5, 2010 -- You may have heard in Santa Fe recently, State Insurance Commissioner Mo Chavez approved a 21% rate increase affecting 40,000 Individual Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico subscribers.
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