Members of the Regulatory Framework Task Force are wondering whether they should develop a new model law and a new model regulation that could shake up the entire group health insurance market.

The new models would deal with the provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) that affect all types of group health plans, not just small-group plans.

The task force, an arm of the Health Insurance and Managed Care Committee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), is asking members of the public to comment on the idea of an all-group model development project by April 29, according to a task force meeting summary.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.