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Insurer Fined For Charging Wash. Students Incorrect Rates – Northwest Public Radio News
Posted: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 OLYMPIA, Wash. – the Washington state insurance commissioner has fined an Indiana company $100,000 for charging Washington college students the wrong rates. Unicare Life and Health Insurance sold over 8,000 insurance policies, primarily to international students, between 2004 and 2009. most were short-term policies costing an average of $80 a … Continue reading
More than 1 million Washingtonians without health care
There are now 1 million people in Washington state without health insurance, according to a new report released Tuesday by state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. “this is a grim milestone for the state, and we believe the situation will remain bleak for two more years,” Kreidler said. “but it’s important for people to know … Continue reading
1 of 7 state residents lacks health insurance
The number of people in Washington state without health insurance has risen sharply since the end of 2008 and is expected to reach 1 million by the end of the year, according to a new report from state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. About 14.5 percent of state residents — most of them working-age adults — … Continue reading
State insurance commissioner: U.S. health care law misunderstood
YAKIMA, Wash. — we don’t need health care reform. We can’t afford health care reform. The problem is only the uninsured. These are some common perceptions of federal health care reform that Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler sought to dispel when he spoke at a Yakima Rotary luncheon Thursday at the Yakima Convention Center. … Continue reading
Insurance commissioner tells Blues plan to “get its act together”
Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered BlueCross BlueShield plan Regence to correct a long list of operational problems, many of which the Washington State Medical Assn. had been pressuring the plan to fix. In an announcement Sept. 7, Kreidler said Regence had failed on several fronts: It improperly withdrew from bank accounts in … Continue reading