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Insurers to rebate consumers $323M this year
Insurers must start disclosing information regarding insurance coverage they provide to their consumers and, if they spend less than 80 percent of premium dollars on healthcare, they must rebate
Sebelius talks health exchanges on The Daily Show
When I found out that Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was going to be on The Daily Show last week, I was really excited. Not just because I happen to think Jon
HHS: Trustmark's 13% rate hike is 'unreasonable'
Trustmark Life Insurance Company's proposed health insurance premium increases are "unreasonable," a Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) rate review concluded Thursday. HHS said the
MLR final rule: Insurers must disclose healthcare spending
Even if insurers meet the medical-loss ratio (MLR) threshold, they will still have to explain to consumers how their premium dollars are spent under the final MLR rule released Dec. 2 by the
Most insurers already comply with MLR
Most insurers last year would have complied with the medical-loss ratio (MLR) requirements, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found that 77 percent of
State regulators call for 'immediate actions' to fix MLR
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) should take "whatever immediate actions are available" to exempt agents and brokers from the medical-loss ratio (MLR) requirement, says the
11 insurers must refund $114M for overcharging premiums
Eleven insurance companies operating in New York--including Aetna, UnitedHealth, and WellPoint--must refund a total of $114.5 million to policyholders who were overcharged for health insurance
UnitedHealth 3Q revenue up 6%, CEO wary of future
As UnitedHealth Group reported better-than-expected third quarter earnings, its chief exec forecast that healthcare usage will rise and cautioned that certain industry conditions, such as increased
Insurance giants cut lobbying but still spend $2.7M
Four of the largest health insurers--Aetna, Cigna, Humana, and WellPoint--spent roughly $2.7 million lobbying the federal government in the second quarter. The biggest spender was WellPoint, which
State individual market dwindles with Aetna, Cigna departure
Aetna, along with Cigna and three other health insurers, will stop selling individual health insurance policies in Indiana. Aetna says it only has 700 individual health insurance policies in the
