Poizner Announces New E-mail Program Alerting Residents to Rate Hikes
California residents now can receive e-mail notifications when health insurance companies raise premium rates for individual insurance plans, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner (R) announced last week, Modern Healthcare reports.
Poizner unveiled the new service about one month after announcing that rate changes proposed by California's major insurers would need to undergo independent actuarial reviews (Vesely, Modern Healthcare, 7/23).
Consumers can sign up to receive the e-mail notifications on the Department of Insurance website (California Department of Insurance release, 7/23).
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