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Flawed Analysis––Medical Loss Ratio Rules Led to $1.9 billion in Lower Premiums

Posted by | 9:09 AM
The Kaiser Family Foundation is out with a study contending that the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirements of the Affordable Care Act (...

The Feds Will Administer the Insurance Exchanges for Twice What it Costs to Administer Medicare

Posted by | 1:52 PM
The Obama administration just released another set of regulations, the "Draft Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2014." ...

Will Many of the Smallest Employers Circumvent the Affordable Care Act by Using Self-Insurance?

Posted by | 2:20 PM
Not surprisingly, only about 10% of firms with fewer than 200 workers take advantage of self-insurance––and almost no very small groups (few...

The 300 Page MLR Rules—About as Valuable as Taking Your Shoes Off at the Airport

Posted by | 8:54 PM
This whole medical loss ratio (MLR) provision in the new health care law is a fool’s errand. When it comes to controlling health care costs ...