California Insurer Says It Will Cap Earnings
By REED ABELSON
Blue Shield of California, a large nonprofit health insurer that has come under sharp criticism in recent months for its double-digit rate increases, said on Tuesday that it planned to cap its earning and refund the bulk of any excess income to its policyholders.
For Blue Shield of California, a non-profit company, to rebate excess premiums is one thing. I wonder how many for-profit companies will do the same, especially if they are publicly-held?
Berwick: "I’ve Got The Back" Of Medicare Beneficiaries—The KHN Interview
As Republicans battle with Democrats and President Barack Obama over the future of the health care law, Donald Berwick, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is focused on something else.
Judges Weigh Limits of Health Law’s Powers
By KEVIN SACK
ATLANTA — In perhaps the weightiest of the dozens of challenges to the Obama health care law, a panel of appellate judges grappled Wednesday with the essential quandary of the case: if the federal government can require Americans to buy medical insurance, what constitutional limit would prevent it from mandating all manner of purchases and activities?
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