JLF health care expert Katherine Restrepo is urging lawmakers to re-examine dozens of state health benefit mandates.
“In an era of rising health care costs and uncertainty about the future of federal health care reform, state lawmakers are presented with an opportunity to act on a health policy issue that can bring down the cost of insurance without federal intervention,” said report author Katherine Restrepo, JLF Director of Health Care Policy. “They can look at the 56 health coverage mandates state officials have passed into law since the 1970s.”
You can find more of Katherine’s analysis of the impact of mandates on your premium here.
