Health insurance changes:

• Health insurance facts across several states
  (June 17, 2010)
• Web portal to compare health insurance options
  CU recommends the Health and Human Services conduct consumer testing of web portal. (May 21, 2010)
• Steps need to be taken to rein in unreasonable increases of premiums
  CU recommends review of all premium rate increases and full public disclosure within the Public Health Service Act. (May 14, 2010)
• Health insurers to spend a percentage of premiums to improve health care quality
  CU comments on the future Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) standards, to be established under Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act). (May 14, 2010)
• CU urges for temporary high risk health insurance pool program
  Letter to Secretary Sebelius outlines four conditions that should be met by any pool or plan that participates (April 14, 2010)
• What will you get under health reform?
  Find out what benefits you'll get, when they'll be available and how the key provisions will work (April 1, 2010)
• Consumer Options When Medicare Advantage Plans Withdraw or Change Their Benefits
  Medicare Advantage plans may undergo change whether a major health reform bill passes or not. Are you in a Medicare Advantage plan? What will the changes mean for you? (March 10, 2010)
• Consumers need health reform benefits now
  After a year of open and public debate, and numerous hearings, bills, and votes, the time to give Americans better, fairer, and more affordable health care is now. (March 9, 2010)
• Letter to Washington: finish meaningful reform
  Consumers Union joined the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, the American Heart Association, the America Nurses Association and many others to ask Washington leadership to conclude its bipartisan summit with an agreement to move ahead with meaningful health care reform this year. (February 22, 2010)
• What is government-run health care -- and what isn't
  “Government-run health care” is an expression that has been used to inflame rather than inform. Discover what health programs are run by the government, and how they provide popular health care to millions of Americans (February 20, 2010)
• How do consumers fare?
  In 2009, Consumers Union identified the criteria that we would use to analyze the promised health care proposals. We are now down to a single Senate bill and a single House bill. How do consumers fare? (January 12, 2010)
• What would the best bill look like?
  Making sure health insurance policies are actually affordable for those who must buy them is our top priority in the coming weeks, and should be Congress' top priority as well. (January 11, 2010)
• Getting the best possible health insurance marketplace
  In the absence of a public plan option, a robust national insurance exchange is the best way to force companies to compete on price and quality. (January 10, 2010)
• CU President's Letter to House Leadership
  On January 6th, 2010, President Jim Guest asked Congressional leaders to make sure the final health reform bill is affordable for American families who will be required to purchase health coverage. (January 6, 2010)