Broker Regulation

State insurance regulators delayed for at least four weeks action on a resolution that would support the demand by insurance agents for an exemption from the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision of the health care reform law.

Members of Congress and state insurance regulators are weighing whether to exempt agent and broker commissions from medical loss ratio calculation.

The Department of Health and Human Services introduced new regulations that guarantee students enrolled in their college or university's health insurance would be covered under the consumer protections.

Senate Republicans tried to repeal the recent health care reform legislation but were defeated in a 47-51 vote on Wednesday, though they anticipated the move to fail.

The Virginia House of Delegates voted, 74-24, to require insurers to provide autism coverage for children ages 2-6, signaling what could be the end of a long fight for autism coverage in the state.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced Monday it has issued long-awaited final regulations on the medical loss ratio provision of the Affordable Care Act.

Grassroots advocacy organization Save Flexible Spending Plans is making a last-ditch effort to get new Congressional leaders to repeal a provision of health reform before the Jan. 1 effective date.

Fewer unemployed Americans than expected were aided by the federal subsidy that helps pay for COBRA health care coverage, partly because COBRA premiums were still unaffordable, cites a new article by the nonpartisan Employee Benefit Research Institute.