In 2000, the Florida legislature passed the statute shown below, that recognizes the benefits of small schools and prohibits, as of July 2003, the construction...
Canada’s universal health care program is much acclaimed and a product of state innovation. If Saskatchewan had not had the authority to devise its government-funded...
The state of Vermont has one of the lowest proportions of uninsured people in the country, and virtually all the state’s children are covered. This...
Twenty-two percent of New Mexicans had no health insurance in 2003, compared to about 16 percent nationwide. That statistic has prompted health care advocates to...
In July 2004, State legislators took the first step toward a constitutional amendment to "ensure that no Massachusetts resident lacks comprehensive, affordable and equitably financed...
A bill to create the Advisory Committee on Consolidated Health Care Financing was passed and funded in the summer of 2000. It was part of...
DIRIGO HEALTH is Maine’s universal access to health coverage plan. The new law is a plan to provide affordable health insurance to small businesses and...
The Connecticut Health Care Security Act is a good single-payer model for other states to follow. TheAct would have insured payment for all medically necessary...
The California Health Insurance Reliability Act is based on a model released in January 2005 by the Lewin Group, an independent health care analysis firm....
In 1998, San Franciscans passed Measure J with a 65 percent majority vote and made it city policy to provide affordable, preventive healthcare to the...
Enacted in August 2005, the New York City Health Care Security Act requires any grocery store with 35 or more employees or any retailer larger...
In 2003, Oregon’s Governor signed a bill into law (see HB 2043 or the PDF version) that gives insurers a tax credit until 2006 of...
On January 23, 2002, the Texas Department of Insurance Commissioner approved rules to enable insurers to offer automobile insurance plans that allow consumers to purchase...
California Insurance Code Section 1861.05 Approvalof Insurance Rates. (a) No rate shall be approved or remain in effect which is excessive, inadequate, unfairly discriminatory or...
26-14-106. Rate regulation. (a) Rates in a noncompetitive market, when regulated, shall be regulated in accordance with W.S. 26-14-105 through 26-14-108 applicable to...