Consumers deserve a voice on insurance rate increases

Oregonian (editorial):

It's lonely out there in the individual insurance market, where there's no safety in numbers. You'd think legislators would look at skyrocketing individual rates -- not just this year, but each of the past five years -- and their first instinct would be to side with consumers. You'd be wrong. Prodded by insurance company lobbyists, too many lawmakers are keeping a distance from proposed legislation that would pull insurance rate-setting into the full light of day.

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