http://www.insurance.wa.gov/consumer...cy/index.shtml

VERY COOL SITE.

This is the first of what I hope to be many state sites which give the voters and citizens access to what has in the past largely been an utterl opaque regulatory process, how rate increases from health insurers are justified.

This was made possible through a Federal Grant to states which didn't already have legal authority to regulate health insurance rates or had the authority but not the money to do rate request reviews.

Currently, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are trying to stip funding for these efforts out of the budget, to kill it before it can be widely accomplished by the states.

Again, I have to ask, "Just whose side are the Republicans on; the wealthy insurance companies or the middle class?" IMHO, their attempt to kill these transparency and regulatory measures indicates clearly that they're on the side of the wealthy.

So, who you gonna call and who you gonna vote for come the next election. Middle class citizens who vote Republican are like chickens voting for the Colonel.

LF