Proposition 45 Seeks Health Insurance Rate Review
<p><span class="dateline">SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Ad Watch: Rate-Regulation Opponents Parrot Misleading Claims
<p>The coalition trying to stop the rate-regulation initiative on the Nov. 4 ballot has gone up with another <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuM0B0Zt-1c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TV ad</a>, this one focusing on small-business owners.
Prop. 45: Tougher Rules on Health Insurance Rates
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<p>As part of our ongoing California Election Watch 2014 coverage we'll discuss Proposition 45, which would give the California state insurance commissioner the authority to reject excessive health insurance premium rate hikes.</p>
<p><strong>Host: </strong>Judy Campbell</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 4px;"><strong>Guests:</strong></p>
Insurers Poised To Cancel Health Plans That Don’t Comply With Affordable Care Act
<p>Thousands of consumers who were granted a reprieve to keep insurance plans that do not meet the federal health law’s standards are now learning those plans will be discontinued at year’s end, and they will have to choose a new, possibly more costly policy.</p>
<p>Cancellations are in the mail to customers in markets where insurers say the policies no longer make business sense. In some states, such as Maryland and Virginia, rules call for the plans’ discontinuation, but in many, federal rules allow the policies to continue through 2017.</p>
Health Insurance Rates: Who’s The Decider?
<p><a href="http://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/which-way-la/health-insurance-rates-whos-the-decider">Click here to listen to the audio of this radio broadcast</a>.</p>
<p>It’s lawyers versus insurance companies on the November ballot--with Obamacare in the background. That’s according to TV commercials for and against Proposition 45. We’ll go behind the slogans and catchwords with supporters and opponents of a measure that could impact your pocket book.</p>
Health Insurers Spending Millions To Beat Pro-Consumer Ballot Measures
<p>The latest campaign spending figures on California's two big healthcare ballot initiatives are just in, courtesy of the watchdog group MapLight, and they're mind-boggling.</p>
<p>If you're curious about one significant driver of healthcare costs, here it is: Health insurance companies have so far contributed more than $88 million to defeat two plainly pro-consumer measures.</p>
Prop 45 Health Insurance Reform Debate Heats Up
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<p>Judy Graff Fisher and Diana Guth are small business owners who say their health insurance rates have gotten out of hand.</p>
<p>"It has been a struggle. Every single year I dread the open enrollment... because every single year there's a raise," Guth said.</p>
<p>Fisher said her health insurance cost $406 a month in January.</p>
Battle Over Proposition 45 A Blast From The Past
<p class="bodytext">A quarter-century ago, a then-obscure consumer group in Santa Monica led a revolt at the ballot box that changed the world of insurance in California forever.</p>
Insurance Companies Accused Of Bait And Switch
<p>Sept. 25--WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- After claiming he paid way more for insurance that delivered way less and waited on hold for hours to complain, Kevin McCarthy said he needed a way to get Blue Shield of California's attention.</p>
<p>So he sued them.</p>
<p>The Westlake Village resident and his wife, Jane, are among the lead plaintiffs in one of two lawsuits against insurance companies announced Thursday by the Consumer Watchdog organization.</p>
Cigna, Blue Shield Sued for Misrepresenting Coverage
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<p>A Santa Monica-based advocacy organization filed two separate class-action lawsuits against Blue Shield and Cigna, claiming the health insurance companies misrepresented their coverage in order to make a larger profit.</p>
Lawsuits Allege Insurance Companies Misrepresented Coverage
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<p class="paragraph" data-pnum="1">As Sheila Davidson recovers from surgical complications, she said it's her Cigna healthcare policy that's making her sick.</p>
<p class="paragraph" data-pnum="2">"It's a nightmare," Davidson said. "I fought this hard to get my health back. I'm not letting it go yet."</p>
Viewpoints: Prop. 45 Will Be Good For California Consumers
<p>We all must buy <a class="lingo_link" href="http://topics.sacbee.com/health+insurance/" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;">health insurance,</a> but California is one of the few states that does not guarantee that it be affordable.