Video & Transcript Research : 'premium stabilization'
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OK
Oklahoma 2026 Regular Session
Senate Legislative Session Mar 26th, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Oklahoma Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- Their analysis showed that it reduced or mitigated Premium increases.
- And that stability to be able to conduct their research. Would you agree?
- Premium increases and lowered patient cost sharing.
- Their analysis showed that it reduced or mitigated premium increases.
- Consumers' money, yet drug costs and premiums keep rising.
Bills:
SB65, SB248, SB330, SB378, SB844, SB1330, SB1410, SB1475, SB1476, SB1565, SB1618, SB1623, SJR39, SJR47, SB2084, SB1655, SB1679, SB2174, SB1775, SB1873, SB1204, SB1884, SB1916, SB1937, SB1447, SB1500, SB2007, SB2074, SB1944, SB2018, SB1984, SB2026, SB2045, SB2049, SB2062, SB2112, SB2118, SB2127, SB2134, SB2135, SB2139, SB2154, SB1195
Keywords:
SB65, naloxone, Narcan, opioid overdose, overdose reversal, opioid antagonist, emergency opioid antagonist, substance abuse services, harm reduction, public health, overdose prevention, good samaritan, civil immunity, criminal immunity, controlled substances, addiction treatment, fentanyl, opioid crisis, school overdose response, first aid
FL
Transcript Highlights:
- Just real quick, also on the way our health plans are compensated: they get paid a monthly premium payment
- So typically, we pay our health plans a monthly premium.
- So what we do is basically that there's a monthly premium that we pay our health plans.
- But we're glad to say that it's come back down and actually is lower than it was and stabilizing out.
- But we're glad to say that it's come back down and actually is lower than it was and stabilizing out.
Summary:
The Senate Health Policy Committee met to discuss maternal and infant health, beginning with a presentation from New Jersey’s Maternal and Infant Health Innovation Authority (MiHA). Pamela Taylor described New Jersey’s statewide effort to reduce maternal mortality and racial disparities through the Nurture New Jersey campaign, a strategic plan with more than 80 recommendations, universal home visiting, Medicaid-covered doula care, hospital report cards, limits on non-medically indicated early elective C-sections, and a new maternal and infant health innovation center. Senators asked about doula certification, funding, home visiting, and how New Jersey coordinates across agencies; Taylor said the authority uses quarterly stakeholder meetings, annual summits, and a tracker for recommendations, and that community input helped shape its programs.
Florida Agency for Health Care Administration Deputy Secretary Brian Meyer then outlined Florida Medicaid’s maternal coverage and managed care structure. He reviewed eligibility and services for pregnant women, labor and delivery, postpartum coverage, newborn coverage, and family planning, noting 12 months of postpartum coverage, expanded benefits in managed care plans, and new contracts launching February 1 with more maternal-health-focused benefits, quality measures, and a new quality withhold incentive structure. Senators questioned doula certification and duplication with Healthy Start, provider access and network adequacy, kick payments, quality reporting, and whether Florida should consider broader eligibility standards; Meyer said many details are still plan-driven, that quality metrics are public, and that the agency is working on maternal-health work groups and incentives.
Department of Health Division Director Shea Holloway followed with an overview of Florida’s maternal and child health programs and data. She cited Florida CHARTS data showing pregnancy-related deaths, severe maternal morbidity, and infant mortality trends, and described the Title V block grant, the Maternal Mortality Review Committee, the Florida Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the electronic prenatal risk screen, Healthy Babies, BH Impact for perinatal mental health, Healthy Start, WIC, family planning, telehealth maternity care, and the Pregnancy Care Network. Senators asked about delays in mortality review reporting, preterm birth, substance use disorder in pregnancy, WIC participation, cesarean rates, and the impact of the abortion ban; Holloway said the department is continuing to monitor outcomes, expand screening and telehealth, and use data and hospital partnerships to improve care. The committee then adjourned without further business.
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance Mar 5th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- The General Fund is protecting pre-K through 12th grade as intended, and it has stabilized in recent
- We need to treat large one-time priorities from prior budgets as ongoing investments to give stability
- Public School System Stabilization Account Overview and Proposals.
- Level out, stabilize school funding through our rainy day funds, and I want to thank the governor for
- You know, voluntarily last year we decided to commit more funding into this Stabilization account.
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- Um, the health insurance premiums have really gone up this year, and so with some one-time money and
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Keywords:
HF2432, judiciary finance bill, public safety finance bill, corrections policy, crime victims, victim services, Minnesota victims of crime account, court fees, marriage license fee, financial crimes, fraud investigations, insurance fraud, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, BCA, Commerce Fraud Bureau, wage theft, automobile theft prevention, nonprofit security grants, 911 funding, POST Board
CA
Transcript Highlights:
- We needed stability. We all bought it.
- We needed stability. We all bought it.
- Because we think that that's going to stabilize the market.
- We were worried and we wanted to stabilize the market. Now it's drill, baby, drill in Kern County.
- Second is that long-term certainty and market stability are essential.
Summary:
The Senate Environmental Quality Committee and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 held a joint hearing on CARB’s proposed amendments to the cap-and-invest regulations. Opening remarks from senators emphasized the 2025 reauthorization of the program through AB 1207 and SB 840, and focused on whether CARB’s April revisions faithfully implement legislative intent while balancing climate ambition, affordability, leakage prevention, and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). Several senators raised concerns that the proposal could reduce GGRF revenues, weaken funding for transit, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, drinking water, and other community programs, and shift too much support toward industry. Others stressed the need to protect businesses and consumers from higher costs and to avoid leakage and refinery closures. Senator Cortese’s statement, read into the record, warned that the proposal could jeopardize transportation funding commitments.
CARB Chair Lauren Sanchez said the amendments respond to legislative direction and public comment, and described four main changes: increased electric bill credits, a larger manufacturing decarbonization incentive (MDI), additional compliance support for industry, and removal of post-2030 allowance allocations from the current rulemaking. She said the proposal keeps the cap aligned with 2030 and 2045 targets, maintains affordability protections, and is intended to reduce emissions while minimizing leakage and supporting in-state jobs. CARB staff also said the MDI would have guardrails, require applications and reporting, and be tied to emissions-reducing facility upgrades. The Department of Finance explained that GGRF revenue estimates are highly uncertain and are updated periodically based on auction data.
The Legislative Analyst’s Office said the amendments are significant and could materially affect environmental ambition, industry support, utility credits, and GGRF revenues. LAO highlighted that the MDI could add allowances above the cap, potentially reducing certainty that 2030 targets will be met, and noted that the proposal appears to shift more allowances to industry and fewer to GGRF than current regulations. LAO also said the proposed GGRF estimate of about $8 billion through the decade could be insufficient to fully fund lower-priority tiers of programs. In questioning, senators pressed CARB on whether the proposal would raise consumer costs, whether free allowances or MDI funds would actually lower prices at the pump, how leakage is measured, and whether the Legislature’s budget assumptions would need to be revised before final action. No votes were taken during the hearing; the discussion was informational and focused on questioning CARB and fiscal staff ahead of the board’s planned May 28 consideration of the amendments.
NH
Transcript Highlights:
- And of insurance and insurance premiums.
- And we think it is a program that will result in long-term premium stabilization and hopefully bring
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safer see is lower insurance premiums, safer see is lower insurance premiums - Um, and um, you asserted that this will lower premiums.
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LA
Bills:
HCR41, HB11, HB227, HB243, HB278, HB335, HB424, HB454, HB455, HB492, HB623, HB641, HB660, HB708, HB719, HB940, HB1029, HB1053, HB1069, HB1077
Keywords:
coupons, rebates, alcohol regulation, malt beverages, Louisiana Department of Revenue, remembrance, Charlie Kirk, state recognition, October 14, memorial day, court filings, electronic filing, letter size paper, privacy, legal procedure, recusal, district attorney, substitute attorney, appointment process, legal proceedings
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 9th, 2026 at 06:36 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- construction quality and efficiency so the state’s investment delivers lasting affordability and stability
- It converts the bill into a long-term cost-control and risk-pool stabilization framework.
Keywords:
water project fund, New Mexico Finance Authority, NMFA, Water Trust Board, water infrastructure, wastewater, drinking water, flood prevention, watershed restoration, water storage, conveyance, delivery, water treatment, recycling, reuse, municipal infrastructure, local government finance, capital outlay, grants, loans
TX
Texas 89th Regular
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services Mar 12th, 2025
Health & Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- creates a mechanism to prevent unreasonable charges. in Senate Bill 1330, and it curbs artificial premium
Bills:
SB 53, SB53, SB125, SB315, SB379, SB457, SB541, SB599, SB896, SB921, SB963, SB1038, SB1084, SB1330, SB1461
Keywords:
voter registration, election procedures, provisional ballot, change of address, residence requirements, mental health, court proceedings, notice requirements, legal filings, electronic documents, autologous blood donation, direct blood donation, blood bank, hospital, Health and Safety Code, physician order, preoperative blood donation, patient blood reserve, transfusion, surgery
FL
Florida 2025 Regular Session
Banking and Insurance Feb 4th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- WAS WHAT CAN THE STATE DO TO HELP PEOPLE HARDEN HOMES AND MITIGATE AGAINST RISK TO THEN LEAD TO A PREMIUM
- PREMIUMS. THE POINT OF THE SLIDE IS SIMPLY TO SAY THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AGAINST THE GRAIN.
- GENERALLY PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN GOING UP AS WE KNOW AND WE ARE TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN WITH OUR PART OF
- YOU CAN SEE 12,000 REDUCTIONS AND SEVEN THEY HAD NO CHANGE IN PREMIUM.
- SO THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS WE HAVE THAT CAN AFFECT THE PREMIUM THAT THEY ARE QUOTED.
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate - Health and Public Affairs Feb 16th, 2026 at 02:54 pm
Senate Health & Public Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- So what the bill does do is it shifts the cost from co-pays Co-insurance, co-deductibles to premiums,
- This is a major cost saver for your premium. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions, Senator Pope?
- Senator, could you compare, for example, the liability premiums position with that of a pharmacist?
- Their annual premiums tend to be on the lower side. in a few thousand dollars a year.
- But I can tell you that primary care practices are beginning to see their premiums for insurance double
CA
California 2025-2026 Regular Session
Assembly Insurance Committee Jul 16th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- So I want to thank Madam Chair for allowing me to present, but it’s time that we stabilize the insurance
- SB 547 provides support to commercial policyholders when stability matters most.
- When that premium increase is transferred from that individual who purchased an EV, it just doesn't go
- We've seen associations around the state have 100%, 200%, and 300% increases in their premiums.
- or three electric vehicle chargers on our property, that's going to come back to our association premiums
Summary:
The committee heard several insurance-related bills. SB 371 by Senator Cabaldon would lower uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage requirements for rideshare companies from the current $1 million level to $100,000 per person and $300,000 per incident, with added transparency and data-reporting provisions. Uber, Lyft, and several business groups supported the bill as a way to reduce fares and improve affordability, while consumer attorneys, labor groups, and others opposed it as a major cut in protection for injured passengers and drivers. Committee members raised concerns about whether savings would actually reach riders and drivers, but the bill was approved on a do-pass vote to the next committee, with one member not voting.
SB 487 by Senator Grayson would change how settlement or judgment proceeds are distributed when peace officers or firefighters are injured by a third party, ensuring they receive at least two-thirds of the at-fault party’s liability insurance limits in certain cases. Supporters, including public safety unions and an injured deputy sheriff, said current law can leave injured first responders with little or no recovery after employer reimbursement, while opponents representing cities, counties, and public agencies argued the bill would reduce recovery of taxpayer-funded workers’ compensation costs and lacked sufficient data. The committee members who spoke largely supported the bill, and it passed on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with one member not voting.
SB 616 by Senator Rubio would create an independent community hardening commission within the Department of Insurance to develop statewide wildfire mitigation recommendations and a post-catastrophe reporting process. The Department of Insurance, local governments, consumer groups, and fire-related organizations supported the measure as a way to improve wildfire resilience and insurance availability, while water agencies opposed provisions touching water infrastructure and warned of litigation and ratepayer impacts. The bill advanced on a do-pass vote to Appropriations, with some members not voting and one member voting no. The committee also heard SB 547 by Senator Perez, coauthored by Senator Rubio, which would extend wildfire-related insurance cancellation/nonrenewal moratoriums to commercial properties; insurers removed their opposition after amendments, and the bill passed to Appropriations on a do-pass vote.
NH
New Hampshire 2026 Regular Session
Senate Health and Human Services (01/14/2026)
Health and Human Services
Transcript Highlights:
- the monthly Medicare Part D premiums. the monthly Medicare Part D premiums.
- and most importantly, the part B premium and most importantly, the part B premium will<00:13:07.680
- result in insurance premium tax revenues to the state.
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MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee 2/25/25
Commerce Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- and have more of a conversation on insurance mandates and what those look like and the impact on premiums
- and have more of a conversation on insurance mandates and what those look like and the impact on premiums
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TX
Transcript Highlights:
- Insurers charged over $1 trillion in premiums in 2024, the most ever.
- For years, our insurance premiums have increased by 125 percent.
- From 2020 to 2023, our premiums average around $50,000.
- Our insurance premiums have increased 300% in the last two years.
- Our average premium increase was 18%. For 2024, last year that was 17 percent.
Bills:
HB4806
Keywords:
civil action, damages, health care services, noneconomic damages, negligence, legal standards, 1184, house, all
MN
Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session
House Human Services Finance and Policy Committee 3/11/26
Human Services Finance and Policy
Transcript Highlights:
- down, and then we've seen that gradually drop as we went through the unwinding period and largely stabilize
- ACA gap or the marketplace, we're seeing similar trends in terms of average growth in health care premiums
- sea gap or the marketplace for seeing similar trends in terms of average growth in health care, premiums
- I would say, um, just our long-term care. last year and so forth presents the greatest long-term stability
- So nursing facilities, for stability, infrastructure Investments in many cases. And Mr.
NY
New York 2025-2026 Regular Session
New York State Senate Session - 02/24/2026
New York Senate Floor Meeting
Transcript Highlights:
- It strikes a responsible balance, allowing plans to stabilize premiums while ensuring the meaningful
- It strikes a responsible balance, allowing plans to stabilize premiums while ensuring the meaningful
- Premiums, while ensuring the meaningful savings reach the place that matters most: the pharmacy counter
Summary:
The Senate convened, approved the prior Journal, and began with ceremonial recognitions before moving to legislative business. Members honored the Schenectady Belmont Pop Warner football team for winning the Eastern Regional Championship and being a top-ranked national team, with Senators Parker and Tedisco praising the players, coaches, and volunteers. The chamber then adopted Senate Resolution 1636, mourning the death of Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson and recognizing his lifetime of civil rights, labor, voting rights, and social justice advocacy. Multiple senators spoke in support, reflecting on his influence on politics, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and the message that “I am somebody.”
After the resolution, the Senate took up the calendar and passed a series of bills, largely focused on health care, insurance, and public health. These included measures on municipal law, mental hygiene, correction law, executive law, and several insurance and public health bills addressing prescription drug pricing, pharmacy benefit managers, rebates, and anti-competitive drug practices. Senators Myrie, Borrello, Jackson, Fernandez, and others explained votes in support of transparency, patient access, and lowering drug costs; some members noted concerns about pharmacy deserts and corporate consolidation. Most bills passed with broad margins, though a few drew more opposition, including Calendar 304 on anti-competitive drug agreements.
On Calendar 289, an amendment concerning domestic violence was ruled non-germane by the chair. Senator Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick appealed, arguing the amendment would create a public registry for persistent domestic violence offenders to help protect potential victims. The Senate voted on the appeal, the ruling of the chair stood, and the bill was then restored to the non-controversial calendar and passed. The Senate then completed the calendar, had no further business, and adjourned until Wednesday, February 25 at 3:00 p.m.
MN
Minnesota 2025 1st Special Session
House DFL Press Conference 3/10/25
Transcript Highlights:
- , so they'll pay less of a premium for that.
- pay different premiums.
- The cap is for the premium, and that cap is 1.2 percent. It can't go above that.
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NM
Transcript Highlights:
- Right now, malpractice insurers in this state are paying $183 for every $100 collected in premiums.
- As a result of the changes made in 2021, our premiums doubled, and they are now six times what they were
- When insurance costs soar, every dollar diverted to premiums is a dollar not invested in patient care
- Excluding any group of providers from the caps on punitive damages will continue to impact premiums for
- It ensures that people who experience harm have access to the resources they need to heal, stabilize,
Keywords:
medical malpractice, malpractice reform, patient's compensation fund, PCF, health care liability, tort reform, damage caps, punitive damages, hospital liability, physician liability, nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, outpatient facility, ambulatory surgical center, urgent care, free-standing emergency room, insurance surcharge, superintendent of insurance, New Mexico hospitals, medical review process
MN
Transcript Highlights:
- That's why your premium skyrocketed under Obamacare and your deductible skyrocketed because it didn't
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