Fact Sheets: Insurance Industry

Managed Care: Sacrificing Your Health Care for Insurance Profits

August 1— Big insurance companies and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) have become major forces in America, clamping down on which health care providers we can and cannot see—and when we can see them. With a health care system that delays essential treatment and puts bottom-line profit first, lawmakers should find ways to increase patients' rights—not take them away. Read more.

Legislation Introduced in 2005 Hurts All Patients, Won't Reduce Insurance Rates

March 3— New bills severely limit the ability of patients, mothers, and families to hold health care and medical products providers accountable. The insurance industry - not patients or caregivers - benefit. Read more.

Newspapers Call for Fewer Errors, Insurance Reform

January 27— Editorial boards across the country defend patients' rights and advise lawmakers to focus on real ways to lower insurance premiums and health costs - insurance reform. Read more.

Insurance Industry Admits Caps Won't Work

January 3— "We have not promised price reductions with tort reform," admitted American Insurance Association spokesman Dennis Kelly. More like this.