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Health Insurance Regulations to Ensure Fairness and Access
A group of state legislators
announced their intent to file an Amicus Brief in support of the federal
government in the lawsuit being brought by Virginia's Attorney General
to nullify the new health care law.
Marking the 90 day anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, President Obama used the occasion to announce the implementation of a Patient’s Bill of Rights. After meeting privately with health insurance CEOs and state insurance commissioners, the White House sent a signal to insurers and to the public that the President intends to monitor how the insurance industry responds to the law’s implementation. In warning industry executives to refrain from using the law as an opportunity to boost unjustifiable rate increases, the Administration unveiled new regulations that will govern how new consumer protection provisions are implemented.
Highlighting the outrage at insurance industry abuses pushing Congress
towards a final decision on federal health care reform, state
legislators continue to advance their own insurance reforms, even as
they lay the groundwork for implementing the policies that will emerge
in a federal bill.
This Dispatch will: highlight a few of the state insurance reform campaigns underway and the health insurance problems they highlight; detail how to message these campaigns to support federal reform; provide a roundup of policy options and model bills for other states interested in moving similar insurance reforms; and end with a set of resources on the campaign, including national policy organizations, key reports, and bills moving across the country.
As part of our Shared Multi-State Agenda,
the Progressive States Network is working with legislators, advocates
and leading experts to promote Rx reforms in 2010 that will reduce
health care costs for consumers, businesses, and state and local
governments, and will help ensure access to safe and effective
medications. Through coordinated, strategic support, PSN and our
allies will be working to introduce and advance Rx reforms that will
help address state budget deficits and improve access to quality
medications in as many states possible; providing model legislation,
policy analysis, messaging and more - all of which has been gathered
and will be constantly updated on our Prescription Drug Reform Shared Agenda web page.
There are stark differences between the two presidential campaigns'
approaches to federal-state relationships. Differences range from the
amount of funding appropriated for programs run by the states to
whether the candidates would strengthen or weaken state regulatory
authority.
