QUOTE AND NEWS
Benzinga  Feb 8  Comment 
According to a recent research report, Deutsche Bank is reaffirming its Sell rating on Coventry Health Care (NYSE: CVH) despite its 4Q miss on higher MLR and tax rate. “CVH reported 4Q11 Operating EPS of $0.58, 9% below the Street's $0.64....
Benzinga  Feb 7  Comment 
According to a research report released by Wedbush, Centene's (NYSE: CNC) low utilization continues to drive better than expected MLR. “EPS was $0.57, $0.04 above our estimate of $0.53 and $0.02 above consensus of $0.55. Total revenue,...
Insurance Journal  Feb 6  Comment 
Two U.S. senators have filed a bill to clarify that agent compensation should be excluded from the federal health reform Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) requirement for the individual and small group markets. Sen. Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., chair of the …
Insurance Journal  Jan 5  Comment 
Oklahoma’s top insurance regulator believes the medical insurance market is headed for “disruption” as a result of the medical loss ratio component of federal health insurance reform After Oklahoma’s request for a waiver of the MLR...
Forbes  Dec 28  Comment 
  Image by AFP via @daylife Recently, I published a piece arguing that the medical loss ratio (MLR) requirements of Obamacare would spell the end of the private, for-profit health insurance payer system in the United States and clear the way for...
Insurance Journal  Dec 22  Comment 
A group of lawmakers in Texas are urging the state’s insurance commissioner to withdraw a request for a waiver to the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision in the federal health insurance reform law. They say the request would cost Texas …
Insurance Journal  Dec 16  Comment 
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is requesting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reconsider its denial of the medical loss ratio (MLR) waiver that the state requested earlier this year. The MLR is a requirement...
Forbes  Dec 6  Comment 
My Forbes colleague Rick Ungar has caused a stir by arguing that medical loss ratio regulations contained in Obamacare have put us “on an inescapable path to a single-payer system for most Americans and thank goodness for it.” Rick’s glee at...
Insurance Journal  Nov 29  Comment 
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has adopted a resolution urging Congress to amend the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) to ensure consumer access to agents and...
Insurance Journal  Sep 9  Comment 
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak is seeking a waiver on a major provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Doak requested an adjustment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to new minimum Medical...





 




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