Mar 16 2010
In the March 15 Morning Edition, "
Economists, Dems Differ On Who's To Blame For Insurers' Rate Hikes," KHN omitted a word in a summary of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel coverage. It should have read as follows: "Democrats assailed health insurers for hiking rates in recent weeks to gain popular momentum for their health overhaul, but health economists say insurers did not cause high health costs, the
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The economists 'contend that insurance companies, while often meriting criticism for their practices, aren't to blame for high health care costs.'" Read the entire item
here.
 This article was reprinted from khn.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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