State insurance commissioners who want to help health insurance agents and brokers cope with the new medical loss ratio (MLR) rules apparently have decided that a behind-the-scenes strategy has the best chance of succeeding.

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has backed away from the idea of supporting a congressional bill that could exclude insurance agent compensation from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations.

The Professional Health Insurance Advisors Task Force at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has endorsed H.R. 1206, a U.S. House bill that calls for removing agent commissions from medical loss ratio (MLR) calculations.

Bradford Campbell, the former head of the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), says the U.S. Department of Labor should overhaul its retirement plan fiduciary definition proposal.

The Obama administration has set up a 3-year, $42 million Medicare pilot program that will test the ability of the “patient-centered medical home” to lower the cost of care and improve the quality.

Sen. Al Franken is asking the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to review state requests for minimum medical loss ratio (MLR) waivers carefully before granting waivers.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is trying to save the struggling Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan program by paying agents and brokers enrollment commissions.

Allowing health plans to sell coverage across state lines without adopting national consumer protection standards could hurt consumers, a federal health insurance regulator and former insurance commissioner testified here today.