Sen. Lamar Alexander and other members of Congress who talked about the bipartisan agreement last did not mention what had happened to the producer compensation provision. (Photo: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg)
Sen. Lamar Alexander today said that the new must-based spending bill — the "Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020″ bill — leaves out the health care market transparency provisions from S. 1895, the "Lower Health Care Costs Act" bill.
The announcement appears to mean that health insurance agents and brokers are safe for now from an S. 1895 health insurance producer compensation provision.
Section 308 of S. 1895, which was part of the health care cost transparency section of the bill, would have required group health brokers to provide detailed compensation reports for their clients.
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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.
