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For the third time, the Illinois Supreme Court has ruled AGAINST insurance companies’ plan to pad their profits by limiting patient's compensation.
Now it’s time to move forward with REAL insurance reform:
Requiring insurance companies to set reasonable rates - rates not based on gold-plated perks for executives.
Requiring insurance companies to make their rates and actuarial data public. This access allows competing insurance companies to accurately assess the risks of writing policies in Illinois and to charge competitive premiums.
Requiring insurance companies to be subject to the same antitrust laws as every other industry.
Giving the Director of the Department of Insurance the ability to review and reject rate increases as well as order rate decreases.
Insurance reform will provide doctors with more choices and lower rates.
Insurance reform will benefit patients.
And now it’s time to move forward with improving patient safety, to prevent the medical errors that cause injury and death.
Proponents of caps always ignore one inconvenient truth: medical malpractice, which is the root of medical malpractice claims and lawsuits, is one of the leading causes of death and injury in this country.
The most direct way of reducing medical malpractice claims and lawsuits would be to reduce the incidence of malpractice.
It’s time to put Illinois patients ahead of insurance company profits, and give every family access to safe, affordable care.
To find out more, read The Whole Truth About Medical Malpractice and Insurance below.
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