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Senate Bill Would Offer Scaled-Down MLR Exemption on Agent Commissions
(2/1/2012)
Revised legislation that narrows the proposed exemption of agent commissions from the healthcare reform law’s Medical Loss Ratio is about to be introduced in the Senate... Full Story
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Public’s Message: Dump the Health Mandate
(2/1/2012)
Americans are giving Congress and the Supreme Court seemingly contradictory messages about President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform law: Keep the law, but find a way to make it work without the mandate... Full Story
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West Virginia, Virgin Islands Explore Joint Health Exchange
(2/1/2012)
West Virginia and the U.S. Virgin Islands are mulling the formation of a joint health insurance exchange, say officials from the state and territory... Full Story
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Opposition to HHS Rule on Agents in MLR Grows
(1/18/2012)
Grassroots opposition is building around the country to federal action that threatens the ability of agents and brokers to continue selling health insurance... Full Story
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U.S. Seeks Rollback of a Health Insurer’s “Excessive” Rate Increase
(1/18/2012)
On January 12 the Obama administration said that the health insurance rate increases sought by Trustmark Life Insurance Company, a unit of Trustmark Mutual Holding Company, were unreasonable and ordered the company to withdraw the request or to justify the rate increase... Full Story
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Maryland Says Agents, Not “Navigators”, Should Market in Health Exchanges
(1/10/2012)
A group tasked with implementing federal healthcare reform in Maryland is recommending that insurance agents and brokers continue to sell small-group health insurance when health exchanges begin operating in the state... Full Story
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Department of Labor Proposes New Rules for MEWAs
(1/10/2012)
The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rules on December 6 that aim to prevent health insurance scams under ERISA, with a 90-day comment period... Full Story
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McCarty Tells HHS Florida Damaged by Agent Commissions in MLR
(1/5/2012)
Kevin McCarty, Florida’s insurance commissioner, is continuing to go to bat for agents regarding the federal healthcare law... Full Story
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