Apr 21, 2017 ... In neighboring New Mexico, also under Republican leadership, the Affordable  Care Act marketplace is in far better shape. ... “I was never for Obamacare from  the beginning,” John D. Doak, the Oklahoma insurance commissioner, said in an  interview at his office, where a red trucker hat that says “Make ...
Aug 20, 2014 ... 6, someone asked Crist if he planned on reinstating the state insurance  commissioner's power to renegotiate 2015 rates in time to affect how much those  rates ... had prevented Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty from being able  to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high.
On average, insurance companies spent 78 percent of their premium revenue on  medical claims through September 2017, which is seven points over the break- even ... in the states of Maine and Alaska that high-risk pools can help to lower  premiums substantially — by an average of 20 percent,” Collins said in a  statement.
To view a two-page handout covering frequently asked questions about single- payer national health insurance, click here. .... money by slashing wasteful  bureaucracy and adopting proven-effective cost controls like fee schedules,  global budgets for hospitals, and negotiating drug prices with pharmaceutical  companies.
Dec 20, 2012 ... Because the center was owned by Baptist Health South Florida, the hospital- based system slapped a $275 facility fee on top of the $233 doctor's bill. The  woman's insurance refused to pay half the fee and Romaniello argued she would  have gone elsewhere had she known about the extra fees beforehand.
Says Florida refused to allow the insurance commissioner to "negotiate lower rates with companies or refuse rates that are too high" under Obamacare.