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While the U.S. Congress continues to move forward on a comprehensive federal health care reform bill, Illinois has taken a positive step toward health care reform with legislation aimed at helping consumers in the private insurance market.
An AARP-backed bill, the Individual Health Insurance Fairness Act, was signed into law today by Governor Quinn.
The Individual Health Insurance Fairness Act (House Bill 3923), introduced by State Representative Greg Harris (D-Chicago), and State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago), addresses key barriers facing consumers who struggle with unfair and inconsistent industry practices.
The measure was strongly backed by AARP and a coalition of health and consumer advocates.
“At a time when Illinoisans are struggling to access affordable health insurance, this bill brings transparency to the health insurance industry and will help protect consumers in the individual market,” said Ruby Haughton-Pitts, AARP Illinois Executive Council member.
“AARP commends Representative Harris and Senator Steans for their leadership on this critical issue, and Governor Quinn for signing the bill into law.”
The Individual Health Insurance Fairness Act will allow consumers to see critical information regarding health insurance industry profits and premium increases.
It will also establish an external review process for members of PPO plans and will simplify the complex application process for both individual and small group markets by creating a standard application, making it easier for them to get the coverage they need.
“For the first time Illinois residents will have the right to an independent, outside review of insurance company decisions that deny treatment for their families. We will also be able to find out how much of our premium dollars actually go to healthcare. I salute AARP and other consumer advocates, the insurance industry and the Illinois business community for working together on this new law,” said Rep. Harris.
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More pain as health and college fees set to rocket Herald.ie table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGUvEj4b3BalOyVAvb_8gCokHt31Qamp;url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0203/breaking41.htmlimg src=//nt1.ggpht.com/news/tbn/1W-_hVScKQEX9M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Irish Times/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFZFpKzsNs-mDVM8n4yZlqsXN2ECQamp;url=http://www.herald.ie/news/more-pain-as-health-and-college-fees-set-to-rocket-3009448.htmlbMore pain as bhealth/b and college fees set to rocket/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fHerald.ie/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1The move will lump an additional €600 per year onto the cost of bhealth insurance/b for a family with two children. Experts believe the move will result in a raft of families giving up private health cover. Meanwhile, Minister bQuinn/b signalled that third b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE0UyLVWdMyAb8jwLooOn2XfSdIrwamp;url=http://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/latest-news/families-hit-on-double-with-hikes-in-vhi-and-college-fees-3009185.htmlFamilies hit on double with hikes in VHI and college fees/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrIrish Independent/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHblN3500iY3R2H4LlfQ544w5WyUQamp;url=http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/college-fees-jacked-up-to-e3000-0020397-1College fees jacked up to €3000/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrJOE/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dJIlPU8Z6qOIFwMOpu_F3axDAz_sMamp;ned=usnobrball 19 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |
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Quinn announces second health insurance price hike of 2012 thejournal.ie table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGfQ23dbZFaCUnTKXVVDKPJ8Uu_cQamp;url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0124/breaking44.htmimg src=//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/P3XupFP6jSYPjM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Irish Times/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHkychR4YtiAQBpBTU7akYiyy1N_gamp;url=http://www.thejournal.ie/quinn-announces-second-health-insurance-price-hike-of-2012-336047-Jan2012/bbQuinn/b announces second bhealth insurance/b price hike of 2012/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fthejournal.ie/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1bQUINN HEALTHCARE/b HAS announced a six per cent price hike across all its binsurance/b schemes – the second such increase this year. More to follow… Get breaking news from The Journal.ie via Facebook. Just click #39;Like#39;. Email “bQuinn/b announces second bhealth/b b/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNE6LB1WeuUNlorIOqQYVD0_GCcMsgamp;url=http://insideireland.ie/2012/01/24/quinn-healthcare-announces-6-price-increase-51181/bQuinn Healthcare/b announces 6% price increase/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrInsideireland.ie/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHLC6ZpWma90_HDjli8h-hEBKii-wamp;url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/quinn-health-insurance-announces-6-price-hike-537114.htmlbQuinn Health Insurance/b announces 6% price hike/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrIrish Examiner/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNGfQ23dbZFaCUnTKXVVDKPJ8Uu_cQamp;url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2012/0124/breaking44.htmbQuinn Healthcare/b raises prices again/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrIrish Times/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNHWcsJufjV8crzJS2xyeah_4Jb41Qamp;url=http://www.independent.ie/opinion/editorial/health-system-at-tipping-point-2998958.htmlnobrIrish Independent/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEECqB8d2LHoM2dtFmMNybFLpOEsQamp;url=http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1023817.shtmlnobrFinFacts Ireland/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNH2KV_wv4XqM1ArNeAbdPmue7jTMQamp;url=http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id%3D20283nobrIrish Health/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dXrs4qrCzRN6S_MA5unohZo7KleeMamp;ned=usnobrball 16 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table |