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August 16, 2011
Regence BlueShield Hit With $100,000 Fine for Screwing Over Women
Wouldn't it be cool if we lived in a state where markets were allowed to be truly free? Where we could choose whichever health insurance plan best fit our needs? And where insurers could choose not to provide legally-mandated contraceptive coverage to women without fear of bureaucrats slappin ... More >>
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July 19, 2011
Health Insurers, Forced to Reveal Financial Data, Tamp Down Rate Increase Requests
Last year, a nasty fight erupted between state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Premera Blue Cross. Kreidler was pushing a bill that would force health insurers into publicly disclosing financial data when they asked for rate increases. Premera was trying to water down the bill, promp ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2011
Mike Kreidler, State Insurance Commssioner, Lashes Out at Premera for Trying to Hide Financial Data
Update: Premera says Kreidler has got his facts wrong. Details after the jump. State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is pissed. The commissioner has been pushing a bill through the legislature that would allow public access to financial information filed with his office by health insur ... More >>
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September 28, 2010
Regence BlueShield, No Longer Able to Screen Out Sick Kids, Stops Issuing Child-Only Policies
Last Thursday, the nation's new health care reform act began requiring insurance companies to cover all kids--regardless of whatever illnesses they might already have. Several of the state's insurance companies took the new rule in stride. But Regence BlueShield, which issues more policies to ... More >>
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January 13, 2010
Bartell's and the Drug War
The Seattle chain cuts its Medicaid losses.
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September 2, 2009
Group Health’s Pricey Panacea
Anyone who thinks the local co-op is the cure for our insurance-reform woes should examine the bankruptcy case of Eugene and Yukiko Gatlin.
News
June 8, 2005
Death by Natural Causes
The circumstances of a teenager's medical emergency are in dispute. But her case raises important questions about the line between increasingly popular naturopathic health care and standard medical treatment.
News
June 30, 2004
How Broad Was Fraud?
While UW Medical was ripping off Medicare, say whistle-blowers, private insurers and patients were overbilled, too.
News
July 19, 2000
Stuck . . . with the bill
Insurance companies are having to pay up for alternative medicine.
News
February 2, 2000
Unpopular populist
Hell-raising Democrat Deborah Senn wants to kick Slade Gorton out of the Senate. Why isn't her own party behind her?
News
January 5, 2000
Sick system
Critics blame "socialist" health care reforms for driving up local insurance costs. But the free market may be the real culprit.

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Regence BlueShield Hit With $100,000 Fine for Screwing Over Women

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Health Insurers, Forced to Reveal Financial Data, Tamp Down Rate Increase Requests

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Mike Kreidler, State Insurance Commssioner, Lashes Out at Premera for Trying to Hide Financial Data

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Regence BlueShield, No Longer Able to Screen Out Sick Kids, Stops Issuing Child-Only Policies

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Bartell's and the Drug War

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Group Health’s Pricey Panacea

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