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States Resisting Health Insurance Overhaul
ARIZONA: A bill that would require Arizona health insurance carriers to provide written claim reports to plan sponsors up to twice a year, upon request, has been favorably amended in the House to make compliance less onerous. Modeled after a Texas law enacted in 2007, the bill originally required the […]
Health Insurance Reform State Changes April
Governor Jan Brewer has signed a state budget that includes $1.1 billion in spending cuts and the elimination of programs that Democratic legislators say will have a disproportionate impact on the poor and children of the state. The budget eliminates $385 million from the Arizona Health Insurance Cost Containment System […]
Louisiana Health Insurance Wants Waiver of MLR
The Louisiana Department of Insurance filed its request with HHS for a waiver of the MLR requirements for the Louisiana health insurance individual market. Louisiana joins eight other states in filing for a waiver. Louisiana is proposing a phase-in until 2014.
California Health Insurance Rate Amendments
Extensive California health insurance amendments have been made to the rate regulation bill, which will be heard this week in policy committee. This version of the bill goes beyond the Prop 103-style rate regulation, and appears to be a conglomeration of rate regulation and the rate review bill enacted last […]
Iowa Health Insurance Medical Loss Ratio
State Iowa Health Insurance Commissioner Susan Voss has submitted a letter to Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting a waiver from the federal medical loss ratio (MLR) requirement for her state’s individual health insurance market. The letter expresses concern that the 80 percent MLR requirement established by the PPACA may disrupt the […]
Kansas Health Insurance Companies Individual Market
The Kansas Health Insurance Department held a fact-finding hearing last week on the impact that PPACA’s 80 percent MLR will have on health insurance companies operating in the state’s individual health insurance market and any potential disruption of the market as a whole. The Department asked insurers to provide information […]
Georgia Health Insurance Exchange
Governor Nathan Deal has announced that he will no longer pursue legislation to implement a Georgia health insurance exchange this session. In a statement, he said he favors waiting for an expedited ruling expected from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on the constitutionality of PPACA. The governor said he […]
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