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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: Free Vulcan on January 04, 2018, 05:16:31 pm

Title: Montana Health Insurance Debacle Proves Regulators Can't Regulate Themselves
Post by: Free Vulcan on January 04, 2018, 05:16:31 pm

My recent investigation into insurance commissioners failure’ to consider, let alone prepare for, a new presidential administration withdrawing unconstitutional cost-sharing reduction payments when examining rates for the 2017 plan year included one particular story worth highlighting.

In Montana, the insurance commissioner branded Blue Cross Blue Shield’s premium increase as “unreasonable,” in part because it wished to prepare for an eventuality—namely, withdrawal of the cost-sharing reduction payments—that the commissioner herself ignored.

Read more at: http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/04/montana-health-insurance-debacle-proves-regulators-cant-regulate/ (http://thefederalist.com/2018/01/04/montana-health-insurance-debacle-proves-regulators-cant-regulate/)