Health Insurers Told To Post Premium Justifications

By Jessica Dye

Law360, New York (March 08, 2010, 4:05 PM ET) -- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday called on the five largest U.S. health insurers to post publicly their justification for any premium increases in the individual or small group market, as the White House intensifies its push to finish health care reform.

Sebelius sent a letter to the chief executives of UnitedHealth Group Inc., WellPoint Inc., Aetna Inc., Health Care Service Corp. and Cigna HealthCare Inc., reiterating a request made last Thursday at a White House meeting that health insurers...
To view the full article, take a free trial now.

Already a subscriber? Click here to login

You must correct or enter the following before you can submit this form:

All fields required

  5. Required

Only Law360 gives you:

Non-stop coverage of high-stakes litigation across 30 practices

Real-time tracking and reports on 10,000+ companies, firms and industries

Over 80,000 attorney profiles with neutral data collected from active lawsuits

Research tools to find cases, court documents, attorneys and companies

Customized feeds and alerts that can easily be shared with colleagues

In-depth expert analysis from high-profile attorneys at top firms

Access to our vault with over 75,000 original articles