Health Plan Hub » group benefits http://healthplanhub.com Just another WordPress site Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:48:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Who Are Your Legislators Working For? http://healthplanhub.com/2010/09/who-are-your-legislators-working-for/ http://healthplanhub.com/2010/09/who-are-your-legislators-working-for/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:48:29 +0000 robert http://healthplanhub.com/?p=322 The California State Legislature just refused to give its own Insurance Department  the authority to control health insurance rate increases.

The bill  (AB2578)  which passed the Assembly,  would have required HMO’s and health insurance carriers to proposed rate increases OK’d by either the California Department of Insurance or the Department of Managed Health Care.

The trough is getting filled in Sacramento

Who do are legislators work for?  What are the odds that the legislators that received the most campaign contributions from the insurance industry voted against the legislation?  

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