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Insurers to rebate $1B to consumers under medical-loss ratio
Insurers are going to be rebating more than $1 billion to consumers as a result of the health reform law's medical-loss ratio (MLR) provision, which requires the companies to pay rebates if they
Insurance agents gave $3M to lawmakers
Health insurance agents and brokers who are lobbying to be excluded from the medical-loss ratio provision contributed more than $3.18 million in the 2010 election, the Hill’s Healthwatch
Maine gets first waiver from Obama's medical-loss ratio rule
Maine is the first U.S. state granted a three-year waiver against the Obama Administration's healthcare reform regulations that require health insurers to spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars
Student health plans not exempt from reform law
Under a new HHS proposed rule, student health plans can't impose lifetime coverage limits, suddenly drop students from enrollment because of an unintentional application error or discriminate against
Cigna, Aetna profits jump in Q4
Cigna's fourth quarter earnings increased 40 percent and Aetna reported a 30 percent earnings increase as they, like competitors UnitedHealth and WellPoint, benefited from decreased healthcare use
WellPoint repositions as Q4 revenues drop
Although WellPoint posted an 80 percent drop in fourth-quarter net income compared to a year ago, when it had a big gain from a subsidiary sale, a decline in healthcare use helped the insurer top
Repealing health reform is a waste of time, Cigna and Aetna execs say
The health reform law is far from perfect, said top officials from Cigna ( NYSE: CI ) and Aetna ( NYSE: AET ), but after two years of debate, the industry needs to move forward with clear steps on how to
Groups urge reviews of insurers' medical loss ratios, state lobbying
Two consumer groups urged HHS to examine recent declines in major health insurers' medical loss ratios, contending the changes could reflect moves to help the insurers "game" the system later, when
MLR ratio wrangling heats up as Dems try to resurrect public insurance
Officials with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) have told CQ HealthBeat that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services likely will see by mid-August the NAIC's final
Maine seeks waiver from medical-loss ratio requirements
While the health insurance industry still is waiting to learn exactly what components will comprise the federally mandated medical-loss ratios under health reform, the state of Maine has already
