Insurance Market Reform
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- 03/31/2011
In a letter to Maine’s Superintendent of Insurance, Mila Kofman, HHS outlined the terms of the MLR waiver and HHS’s reasons for approving the state’s request.
- 03/31/2011
On February 24, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the availability of $200 million in new grant funds for states to develop rate review programs in response to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) provisions requiring HHS, in conjunction with the states, to establish a process for annual review of “unreasonable” rate increases.
- 03/31/2011
In December 2010, HHS proposed a rule requiring all premium rate increases of more than 10 percent for individual or small group plans be reviewed by states and HHS.
- 03/29/2011
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it made new resources available to states, members of the media, consumer groups, providers, and others to increase awareness of the pre-existing condition insurance plans (PCIPs), the temporary high-risk pools implemented to provide comprehensive health coverage to people who have been unable to obtain coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
