If you really want to get in the weeds and comment on a SPECIFIC PLAN with a proposed increase of 10% or more, do the following: • Go to https://ratereview.healthcare.gov • Select "Search ACA-Compliant Products.” • Select Missouri and click on “Submit Search.” • The search will return a list of insurance plans in the state with proposed rate increases of 10% or greater. Click on a plan to see the details about the rate hike. • CLICK ONLY ON PLANS SUBM ...
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CCM Asks Feds to Hold Hearing, Find Health Insurance Rate Hikes Excessive
St. Louis, MO (July 30, 2015) -- Consumers Council of Missouri is calling on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to investigate projected rate increases from Coventry Health Insurance and four other Missouri insurers, each of whom has proposed raising rates by more than 10 percent in 2016. Coventry Health Care, which is owned by Aetna, is one of the major carriers on the federal exchange for Missouri. It has filed for 2016 rate increases of more than 20 percent. F ...
Ameren Wants to Raise Your Rates Again!
Take the Opportunity to Tell Regulators How Higher Electric Bills Would Affect Your Budget Ameren Missouri wants to increase the rates customers pay by nearly 10 percent (9.65 percent) in order to raise its income by $265 million a year. Since 2008 Ameren customers have suffered under rate increases of more than 43 percent. The company also wants to raise the profit it can earn to 10.4 percent from the current 9.8 percent. Consumer advocates want to lower that percentage to 9 ...
CCM Fights for Consumer Interests During 2015 Legislative Session
Let your legislators know where your opinion on these bills. To find out who represents you in the House and the Senate, CLICK HERE. Then email your representative and senator asking them to vote your interests on these bills. UTILITIES CCM Supports: Senate Bill 160 -- Utility Transparency and Fairness Act -- Sen. Dan Brown The bill would require all regulated utilities to publicly file quarterly earnings reports so that the public will know when a utility is earning more m ...
Forum to Discuss Health Care Finance Beyond the Affordable Care Act
You Are Invited: Health Care Finance Beyond the Affordable Care Act: Missouri and Single Payer Thursday, March 6, 2014 6:30 - 8:30 PM Central Reform Congregation 5020 Waterman Boulevard St. Louis MO 63108 Despite the ACA’s many vital reforms of the health insurance industry, fundamental problems remain. Professor Gerald Friedman, Ph.D., will discuss the merits and limits of the ACA, the problems going forward, and how single payer is the only way to control costs an ...
Consumers Win With Governor’s Veto
Today, Wednesday, July 10, Governor Jay Nixon vetoed the bill that would have cost consumers hundreds of millions of dollars more in our gas utility bills over the next five years. Please THANK HIM NOW! Click here to email the Governor to thank him. Or call him at 573-751-3222. By vetoing SB 240 Governor Nixon prevented gas utilities from adding more costly surcharges to consumers' bills. He also maintained the current balance in the rate process that gives consumers a ...
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