Rate Review Works: Early Achievements of Health Insurance Rate Review Grants

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has encouraged states to conduct rate review and has worked with states to strengthen their rate revies programs, including through Rate Review Grants. As of August 22, 2011, 44 States, the District of Columbia, and 1 U.S. territory have Effective Rate Review Programs in at least one insurance market, and 42 States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have effective review for all insurance markets and issuers. This report describes to date what states have accomplished under their Rate Review Grants.