Reports
HCAN Report: Health Insurers Falsely Claim Rising Costs Justify Soaring Premiums
Growth of provider payments falls well short of health plan rate hikes;Private insurers spent $716 billion on profits, overhead from 2000 to 2008.
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Report: House Health Reform Legislation Will Save Millions of Dollars For Hospitals
Currently, hospitals in certain Congressional Districts do not get paid for millions of dollars worth of care they provide to the uninsured. That erodes hospitals' profit margins, making it harder for them to operate. The health reform legislation under consideration in the House of Representatives would change this.
Click here for reports on how much hospitals would save in select Congressional Districts
HCAN Report: States to get Big Financial Boost from Health Care Reform
Proposed legislation would give 50 states and DC $849 billion in new federal funding for health coverage with minimal match; State-by- state charts break down flow of much-needed funds.
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HCAN Report: Big Insurers Break Profit Records
Big Insurers Break Profit Records By Shedding Members, Cutting Share of Premiums Spent on Medical Care - Press Release 2/11/10
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Report from the Main Street Alliance: National Minimum Medical Loss Ratio Would Save Tens of Billions of Dollars For Businesses, Individuals
Report: Millions to Gain Health Security From New Surcharge on Millionaires
This state-by-state table shows how many households will be affected by the surcharge and how many uninsured people will gain coverage as a result by 2013.
Report: State by State - We Can't Afford to Wait for Health Care Reform
Report on the state of health care for the citizens of AK, AR, CT, LA, ME, MO, MT, and NE.
Report: Medical benefit ratios of private insurers, public Medicare plan, 1993 to 2007
Report on the percentage of federal Medicare benefit outlays spent on medical care compared with percentage of premium revenue spent on medical care by investor-owned private insurance companies.
Report: Kennedy HELP Bill Makes Good Health Care More Affordable Than Senate Finance Bill
The U.S. Senate is preparing to debate health care reform legislation. In fashioning the bill that goes to the floor, Senate leaders will be choosing from the two bills that passed the committees of jurisdiction One of the bills will make health care affordable to families; the other bill falls far short. This report explains how that choice will affect families in each state and the District of Columbia.
Read the state by state reports.
Insurance Company Reports
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Salaries Report: Total Compensation for CEOs of Major Health Insurers, 2000 – 2008 (in millions)
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Health Insurance Company Abuse: How the Relentless Drive For Profit Endangers Americans
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Profit Report: Net Income of Major U.S. Health Insurers, 2000 – 2008 (in millions)
Report: Unequal Lives - Health Care Discrimination Harms Communities of Color
Report: Private Insurance Mergers Lead to Near-Monopolies Across the Country
- Press Release
- Full National Report: Premiums Soaring in Consolidated Health Insurance Market:Lack of Competition Hurts Rural States, Small Businesses (PDF Updated July 15)
- State Reports
