Notice of Community Meeting

Arizona Department of Insurance (ADOI) has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to increase public awareness and information about health insurance premiums for individuals and small employers. ADOI is holding a series of meetings throughout the state with Arizona residents to find out your comments, questions and concerns about health insurance premiums. All the meetings are open to the public.

We want to know what you want to know

Meeting Schedule

Phoenix 

Date: January 4, 2011

Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Place: ASU Downtown Campus, 502 East Monroe Street – Building C – Mercado, Room C350, Phoenix, AZ 85004

Flagstaff 

Date: January 12, 2011

Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Place: Du Bois Center, Room 11- Lower Level

Northern Arizona University Campus, 306 East Pine Knoll Drive, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tucson 

Date: January 18, 2011

Time: 6.00pm – 8.00pm

Place: Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 West Speedway Boulevard- CTE Building, Room 163/164 (Campus – Arizona State Schools for the Death & Blind) Tucson, AZ 85745

For more information, please contact

Steven Noble, ADOI Rate Review Administrative Assistant

(602-364-2455) or snoble@azinsurance.gov

Meeting Agenda

I.    Welcome & Introductory Remarks / Purpose of Rate Review Program

II.   What ADOI is Working On: Grant Objectives

 A)  Transparency

B)  Assuring Compliance

C)  Reporting

III. Current Health Insurance Rate Review: What ADOI Does Today

 A) Transparency

B) Assuring Compliance

IV. Questions and Answers

Topics Include but Are Not Limited to

• How Health Insurers Set Rates
• Why Health Insurers Raise Rates
• Public Access to Rate Information at ADOI
• What Arizona Consumers Want to Know about Health Insurance Rates
• What Arizona Law Says about Health Insurance Rates

V. Closing Remarks

LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE PROVIDED

Note: These meetings are held pursuant to A.R.S. § 38.431.01. Notice is given to the general public that the Arizona Department of Insurance is holding three community meetings at the times and dates noted above. The purpose of these meetings is to gather public input on individual and small group health insurance rates, and no legal action ( as defined in A.R.S. § 38-431(3) will be taken.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the Arizona Department of Insurance Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Coordinator (602) 364-3100. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange accommodation.

Public Notice: 100% of this project is financed with federal money. The total grant award is $1,000.000; however, spending is limited to $550,441.00, which is the amount in the budget ADOI submitted with its grant application. None of the project is financed by non-governmental sources.