Editorial: Allow Regulation of Health Care Premiums

The new health reform law will extend health insurance options to more California residents, "yet there are no guarantees that the choices will be fairly priced," a San Francisco Chronicle editorial states. It adds that lawmakers should pass a bill (AB 2578) to grant the state insurance commissioner "broad powers to approve or deny increases in health coverage premiums," concluding that the cost of medical coverage "should be reviewed for fairness and economic sense."

• "California Should Regulate Health Care Premiums" (San Francisco Chronicle, 8/11).