Six health insurance companies have agreed to end the secrecy over their requests for rate increases, according to Benjamin M. Lawsky, superintendent of New York’s new Department of Financial Services.

WellPoint, the nation’s largest health insurer by medical membership, plans to unilaterally implement key provisions of the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act introduced in Congress.

California’s insurance commissioner and the Obama Administration are seeking answers as to why Anthem Blue Cross wants to raise its health insurance premiums by as much as 39% for some state residents.