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Price Transparency in Minnesota: Why Not?
Jaime S. King, Executive Editor and Anne Marie Helm July 17, 2015
On June 29, the FTC responded by comment letter to a request from two Minnesota state legislators to analyze the competitive impact of recent amendments to the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA). The MGDPA is an “open records” law that aims to provide greater accountability for government by granting public access to government data through Freedom of Information Act requests. The amendments at issue would expand the MGDPA to cover all data collected by health maintenance organizations, health plans, and other health services vendors contracting with the state to …
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Debate Over Prop 45’s Proposed Oversight of Insurance Rates Heats up Pre-Election Day
Anne Marie Helm, Managing Editor and Cameron Halling October 23, 2014
The political fight over Proposition 45 is getting heated as we close in on election day in California. The measure, which would give the Insurance Commissioner greater oversight of health insurance rate increases, was in the spotlight on Wednesday when California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones publicly criticized health plan Anthem Blue Cross’ rate increase for 120,000 policy holders of small business coverage as “excessive.” Pro-Prop 45 advocates used the Commissioner’s statement as an example of why greater oversight is needed, while opponents claimed the remarks only highlighted the danger of making insurance rates …
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Recent Trends in Legislation and Regulation
Anne Marie Helm, Managing Editor June 6, 2014
As the “laboratories of democracy,” the states play a major role in creating new laws and shaping public policy on important issues, including those related to healthcare costs and competition. Our Legislation/Regulation page provides various ways to research and track recent happenings in the legislative and regulatory arena. Our state-by-state map displays new regulatory and legislative developments, and these developments can be further explored by viewing the documents below the map, which are organized by topic, including by specific type of statute. Also, The Source Blog will take you through …
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