Insurers propose universal, centralized healthcare
Several consumer groups criticize the early bid by America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group that fought an overhaul in the 1990s, to take an active role in Obama's effort to revamp the system.
Potentially most controversial, however, is the insurance industry's call for a new "portable health plan" that would not be subject to the minimum coverage standards set by individual states. [....]
The groups also fear that a mandate requiring Americans to get insurance could force people to buy unaffordable coverage unless state or federal authorities can regulate how much insurers charge. AHIP's proposal does not address regulation of premiums.
[ The complete stor gives more detail on the industy plan, which was also covered in a story we posted yesterday. -- MN ]
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