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PPACA: Moody's Makes MLR Variability a Rating Factor
By Allison BellMoody's Investors Service, a major rating agency, is responding to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act changes by looking harder at how steady health carriers hold their medical loss ratios.
May 16, 2011
Supreme Court Favors CIGNA in Summary Plan Description CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court has significantly narrowed the grounds an employee can use to sue for additional pension benefits based on errors in a plan's summary plan description.
May 16, 2011
Mila Kofman Leaves Maine Department; New York ReorganizesMila Kofman has resigned from her post as Maine insurance superintendent.
May 15, 2011
Supreme Court Favors CIGNA in Summary Plan Description CaseThe U.S. Supreme Court has significantly narrowed the grounds an employee can use to sue for additional pension benefits based on errors in a plan's summary plan description.
May 15, 2011
PPACA: Moody's Makes MLR Variability a Rating FactorMoody's Investors Service, a major rating agency, is responding to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act changes by looking harder at how steady health carriers hold their medical loss ratios.
May 13, 2011
Medicare Trustees: Don't Believe Our NumbersThe trustees of the Medicare trust funds say the financial projections in their latest annual report are probably unrealistic.
May 13, 2011
Medicare Trustees: Don't Believe Our NumbersThe trustees of the Medicare trust funds say the financial projections in their latest annual report are probably unrealistic.
May 13, 2011
Analyst: MLR Rules Are Lowering Some Health RatesThe new Affordable Care Act medical loss ratio requirement may be leading to health insurance rate cuts in some communities, Charles Boorady says.