Insurance Market Reform
- 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.
- 03/31/2011
New Mexico’s House approved a bill that would accomplish that addressess rate review regualtion.
- 03/30/2011
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon requested a two-year MLR waiver, dropping the spending requirements to 70 percent in 2011, 75 percent in 2012 and then hitting the federal 80 percent target in 2013.
- 03/30/2011
On March 8, Maine became the first state to be granted a waiver from the medical loss ratio (MLR) requirement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).