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Insurance agents, brokers shouldn't be except from MLR
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) has joined a growing number of people calling on the nation's insurance commissioners to oppose draft legislation that would exempt insurance agents from new
Georgia wants insurers exempted from MLR
If Georgia is successful in its request for a waiver from the medical-loss ratio, insurers in the state will be exempted from spending 80 to 85 percent of premiums on direct care for patients.
Aetna stops selling individual health insurance in Colorado
Aetna ( NYSE: AET ) will no longer sell individual health insurance in Colorado, saying it can't remain competitive in the state market. The decision affects 22,400 policyholders statewide and became
SPOTLIGHT: State governors target premium rate reviews as Feds offer $1M per state
In New York, Gov. David Paterson signed into law legislation that restores--after a decade-long absence--the state's authority to stop health insurers from instituting what it considers to be
New York, Pennsylvania governors target premium rate reviews as Feds offer $1M per state
State and federal governments are daily tightening the screws on health insurers' ability to raise premiums, focusing on state rate reviews as the primary tool for ensuring that premiums are what
Senate reform bill offers tax break for nonprofit health plans
While few health plans would qualify at present, the insurance industry won at least a small break from a tax imposed by the Senate's newly-approved health reform bill. On the other hand, the bill
Aetna takes heat for misstating patient care spending
A Senate committee reviewing health insurers' profits has slammed Aetna for allegedly spending less money on patient care for some small businesses than it previously reported in regulatory filings.
Senator challenges health plan claims on medical spending
Ask your typical national health plan, and they'll tell you that they spend somewhere in the range of 87 cents per premium dollar on medical payments. Of course, they call that the "medical-loss
Health plans challenged by adverse selection fears
Given the economic conditions out there, health plans actually aren't doing too badly. But that hasn't been too impressive for Wall Street, which has kept a beady eye on an even more critical number
California, other states consider raising minimum medical-loss ratios
We have bad news about insurance companies almost every day: fines over alleged rescissions, settlements for unfair business practices, and other various and sundry other problems. Under these
