Editorial: Calif. Might Need To Regulate Insurance Rates

If Congress does not enact national health care reform legislation, states might need to give themselves the authority to oversee rate increases for health insurance to avoid major hikes like the ones proposed by Anthem Blue Cross, an editorial states. The California Senate failed to pass such a measure in 2007.

• "Insurance Rates Are a Vicious Cycle" (Sacramento Bee, 2/16).