Democrats Demand Insurers Explain Rate Hikes

By Tory Newmyer
Roll Call Staff

Nov. 18, 2009, 4:11 p.m.

A bicameral group of Democratic lawmakers led by Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) is asking the insurance industry to explain a report that its companies are steeply hiking rates ahead of a health care reform overhaul aimed in part at reining in industry profits.

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Today, too many Americans are out of work. Today, we will send $1 billion overseas to satisfy our appetite for foreign oil, while the Chinese will continue their massive investment in clean energy technology. Today, our nation faces an economic crisis, an energy crisis and a global climate crisis. Read Full Article