White House Confronts Insurers

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White House Confronts Insurers WASHINGTON—The government's top health official summoned health-insurance chief executives to the White House Thursday and told them they need to disclose more data justifying sharp premium increases. The dressing-down, part of which was televised, was part of a campaign by the White House to build support for its health overhaul as President Barack Obama presses Congress to deliver final legislation to his desk in the next few weeks. Mr. Obama met at the White House Thursday with more than a dozen House Democrats to begin his last round of lobbying. Some liberals who have expressed concern that the overhaul doesn't include a public insurance plan to compete with private insurers said they felt better about the bill after hearing the president's pitch. However, Dennis Kucinich, one of the House's most liberal members who voted no when the House passed its version of the overhaul last November, said he is still opposed. The latest version of the legislation would do nothing to "effectively control the pace of increased premiums and increased profits that go with it," Mr.[Read more...]

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