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One of the controversial provisions in some health care reform proposals has been creation of a public plan, often analogized to Medicare, which would be an option offered alongside private insurance plans.

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Large Health Plan Companies Weigh In on Health Reform

by Kevin Roche on Friday, May 29, 2009

Several of the country’s largest health plans have recently issued reports or statements relating to health care reform. While the source needs to be considered in reading any discussion of health reform, these plans do have a significant body of experience regarding coverage, cost and quality issues and they retain formidable lobbying weight.

Tags: Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Payor

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5/26

Medical Loss Ratio: The law requires that health insurers spend 85 percent of premiums on medical expenses for customers in the large group market and 80 percent for customers in the small and individual markets

4/15

The managed-care industry is gearing up to go after one of the biggest new markets to be created by the new federal health-care law: the roughly 16 million new people eligible Medicaid

2/22

The president will propose giving the U.S. government new power to block health insurers from attempting excessive premium hikes in the plan to be posted on the WH website at 10 a.m. EST

12/28

Major health insurers are now picking through the Senate’s version of the legislation and finding cause for concern

12/22

A compromise on the health-care overhaul that the Senate reached this weekend offered some relief for insurance companies