Massachusetts Trumps California in Health Insurer Rate Hike Response
By now most of us have heard the hullaballoo about California’s Anthem Blue Cross raising its individual plan rates by 39% or more. But this isn’t an isolated incident. Many insurers, including Health Net, Aetna, and Cigna, have jacked up their rates for 2010 due to a rapid increase in healthcare costs or other purported excuses. It may be surprising information to healthcare reform ostriches, but to those of tuned in to the accelerating US healthcare disaster, it’s old news. More interesting are the responses coming from Washington, D.C. and state politicians.
