Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler walked into Wednesday’s exchange board meeting with the expectation that the 31 plans his team had approved would be certified for the state’s new health exchange.
That didn’t happen.
Instead Kreidler was met with frustration and disappointment from the board, who wanted more options and lower deductibles for the lower-income Washingtonians expected to participate in the online insurance market.
"I don’t want any one of these plans, and I…
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler walked into Wednesday’s exchange board meeting with the expectation that the 31 plans his team had approved would be certified for the state’s new health exchange.
That didn’t happen.
Instead Kreidler was met with frustration and disappointment from the board, who wanted more options and lower deductibles for the lower-income Washingtonians expected to participate in the online insurance market.
"I don’t want any one of these plans, and I…