Posted November, 24 2011 by arianne
Our health care system is not perfect, that’s true. There are many changes we would like to see, some of which we may not ever get in our lifetimes. But, there are a lot of good things about our health care system too. On a day like today, when we’re all sitting down to our delicious free-range heritage breed […]
Posted November, 16 2011 by arianne
As promised, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DOFS) has posted copies of every health insurer’s rate applications on it’s website. This is really a huge step in bringing transparency and accountability to the whole insurance rate review process, and for that we are extremely grateful. The downside (and this is really no surprise)…it ain’t […]
Posted October, 27 2011 by arianne
HCFANY has just received word that Aetna, EmblemHealth, HealthNow, Empire HealthChoice, and Excellus Health Plan have all agreed to release their rate increase support documentation public! This follows the recent decision by UnitedHealthcare – New York’s largest health insurer, agreement to disclose its own information earlier this week. Kudos to Ben Lawsky and the rest of the fine […]
Posted October, 25 2011 by arianne
New York’s Department of Financial Services (DOFS) announced today that UnitedHealthgroup (also known as Oxford here in NY) has agreed to make all of its rate increase support documentation public. Last month, the DOFS decided that rate filing information should be made public to allow consumers and small businesses to understand why their insurer wants to raise rates and to make informed arguments […]