Pritzker heralds passage of health insurance legislation amid cost hike warnings
by The Center Square
The Center Square— (The Center Square) – Health insurance procedures will look different in Illinois if legislation advancing through Springfield becomes law, but some are concerned about the cost to taxpayers. In the latest push for health insurance reform, Gov. J.B. Pritzker is taking aim at what he calls "predatory health insurance practices" with his Healthcare Protection Act. Among other things, the legislation would ban step therapy, the tactic insurers use to require people...
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