Health Plan Rate Increases Need Review, Editorial Says
The Assembly Appropriations Committee should approve AB 2578 -- by Assembly member Dave Jones (D-Sacramento), a candidate for insurance commissioner -- to allow the insurance commissioner to review health plan premium increases. The bill would "fix a hole in an important consumer issue" and it "deserves approval," the editorial adds.
- "A Chance To Close a Health Insurance Loophole" (San Francisco Chronicle, 5/28).