Archive for March, 2012

MLR Rebates: Employers Must Share with Employees

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

California medical insurance companies may soon refund money to their customers because of the minimum “Medical Loss Ratio” requirements of the new Federal Health Insurance Law, PPACA.  Insurance companies have notified employers that they must return a portion of the refund to their employees. Read more in this article entitled Medical Loss Ratio – Guidance for California Small Businesses.

Medical Insurance Reform Update: March 2012

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

To mark the two year anniversary of President Obama’s signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act we’ve written a summary of the most important changes that impact individuals and small businesses who purchase medical insurance. In this article, entitled California Health Insurance Reform Update: March 2012 we describe changes that have occurred since 2010 and changes that are planned for 2014.

We also consider additional issues related to the new law, such as the pending legal challenge to PPACA before the U.S. Supreme Court; the ever-escalating cost of medical care; and the introduction of Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) as a method of containing the cost of health care.