The Connecticut Insurance Department has rejected a 20 percent rate hike proposed by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, calling the request "excessive," according to the Hartford Courant. The
The time when insurers "ran wild with no accountability" is over. Now they are set to "finally get some oversight" as HHS reviews large premium increases and identifies those that are unreasonable,
WellPoint's Anthem Blue Cross got the go-ahead from California insurance regulators to raise rates an average of 14 percent--and as high as 20 percent for individual health policies--starting Oct. 1,