Posts Tagged ‘American Health Insurance Plans’

WSJ Editorial: The Albany-Trenton-Sacramento Disease, How three liberal states got into deep trouble with ‘progressive’ ideas

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

WSJ:

Have government controls and Medicaid expansions (“the public option”) lowered costs? Here is what the American Health Insurance Plans found. For family coverage annual premiums in 2006-07, the national median cost was roughly $5,300; in California it was $5,884, in New Jersey $10,398, and in New York $12,254. New York’s coverage mandates cause families to pay more than twice what they do in other states for insurance. (more…)