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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Insurers Seek Rule Change That Would Boost Profits
The industry wants to exclude brokers' fees from being factored into administrative costs, which would reduce consumer refunds under the health law's medical loss ratio rule. Currently, the rule requires plans in the small group market to spend at least 80 percent of premiums on medical costs and no more than 20 percent on administrative costs. Other stories look at access to specialty care and predicted Obamacare disasters that never happened.
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