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Report: Insurers' costs rising faster than inflation

Insurers are facing high costs for many common medical services because doctors, hospitals and drugmakers are raising prices faster than inflation, according to a new report released Monday from the Health Care Cost Institute.

Rate regulation is 'misguided,' industry groups say

Insurance industry groups say giving California insurance regulators authority to deny rate increases deemed excessive is unnecessary and would compromise the quality of healthcare. "Rate regulation

RI reviews med equipment CON process

Apparently concerned that something is lacking in how the process works, a group of Rhode Island lawmakers have set up a commission to study whether state health officials are managing the CON