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It’s So Simple (and It’s the Law)– Why Won’t ODI Put Rate Increases Up on Its Web Site?

Submitted by Kathleen Gmeiner on Tue, 01/03/2012 - 10:23am

An interesting e-mail came into my box recently from Consumers Union.  CU looked at 50 state insurance department web sites and recorded what each state is doing to alert its residents to health insurance rate increase requests, and allow consumers to have an avenue for input. This follows the finalization of a rule on September 1, 2011 requiring states to post on their websites insurance companies’ requests for rate increases of greater than 10% and provide a way for consumers to submit comments on the rate requests. 

Thirty-eight Days to Filing Deadline—Will Ohio Apply This Time for an Exchange Grant?

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 10:04am

The lunchtime question was simple enough when put to Ohio’s Medicaid Director at last week’s Voices for Ohio’s Children’s conference.  “When will Ohio move forward on the Exchange?”  The answer, however, left something to be desired.  The answer:  the Administration is currently reviewing its Exchange options in light of the outcome of Issue 3. 

SJR 1: OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY TAKES QUICK AIM AT HEALTH REFORM BEFORE SUMMER

Submitted by Cathy Levine on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 12:00am

With the Ohio General Assembly poised to send the next biennial budget to the Governor by week’s end and depart on summer recess, Republican leaders are taking steps to pass a resolution that would place the Ohio Tea Party “Health Care Freedom Amendment” on the November ballot. This would be the back-up move if the “Ohio Project” petition initiative fails to gather enough signatures to get on the ballot.

The Freedom Amendment language is incorporated into Senate Joint Resolution 1, which passed the Ohio Senate on June 15th.  SJR1 would place on the Ohio ballot, this coming November, a constitutional amendment to kill the so-called “Individual Mandate” in the

New Series: Building a Health System with Better Care at Lower Costs – Part I

Submitted by Cathy Levine on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 3:28pm

Why We Don’t  Need to Gut Medicare and Medicaid to Curb Spending – Take Note           

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