In a completely obvious maneuver, the Senate parliamentarian has kicked out the Health Insurance Rate Authority from the reconciliation set of fixes. The national rate reviewer would have had the ability to cancel premium increases across the country, in association with state regulators. But it has no primary budgetary impact, so out it goes.
Vaunted Health Insurance Rate Review Authority Kicked Out of Reconciliation Bill |
| By: David Dayen Wednesday March 17, 2010 3:30 pm |


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