In passing the exchange bill, lawmakers rejected an amendment that would empower the District's insurance commissioner to more closely scrutinize health insurers' requests to raise their rates.
After the storm, the board told condo owners that they had to file for insurance under their own policies, but did not respond to insurers' requests to inspect the building, Mr. Stark said.
In Virginia, the first state out of the gate, insurers requested hikes as high as 64.3percentt.
Thanks to Rubio's provision, the administration was allowed to pay only 13 cents of every dollar insurers requested.
In New York, however, the rate increases for 2013 are far lower than what insurers requested because state law allows state regulators to roll back unjustified increases.
The reduction has been in the works for several years, and state officials said yesterday's announcement was not a reaction to the insurers' requests to leave New Jersey.
Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on the Finance Committee, has sent letters to nine insurers, requesting detailed information about their handling of disability claims "as part of the committee's ongoing inquiry into these important matters".
To make matters much worse for surviving but money-losing co-ops and the estates of the deceased, CMS announced on October 1 that ACA risk corridor charges for 2014 will only permit payment of 12.6% of the $2.87 billion in insurer requests for risk corridor payments.
We have an agreement with the police that allows insurers to request crime reports.
