Controlling Health Care Spending Growth

Comment / Letter

Letter to HHS on MLR Credibility

Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to HHS with input on credibility issues for the purpose of calculating rebates under the new MLR requirements.

Comment / Letter

Letter to HHS on Grandfathered Coverage

Grandfathering Provisions Work Group letter to HHS in response to an interim final rule on the ACA provision related to the status of health insurance coverage as a grandfathered plan.

Comment / Letter

Letter to Massachusetts Legislature on SB 2447

Premium Review Work Group letter regarding Massachusetts Senate Bill 2447, which includes a provision that would limit rate increases to medical CPI.

Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC on Draft Rate-Filing Disclosure Form

Premium Review Work Group comment letter on the NAIC’s exposure draft of a rate-filing disclosure form that is intended to facilitate the reporting of unreasonable rate increases to HHS.

Letter to HHS on Dependent Coverage

Benefits and Eligibility Work Group letter to HHS in response to an interim final rule on the PPACA provision that extends dependent coverage to age 26.

Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC on Covariance

Health Solvency Work Group comment letter to the chair of the NAIC’s Capital Adequacy Task Force regarding the evaluation of the current health risk-based capital covariance formula calculation for…

Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC Accident and Health Working Group on Contract Reserves

Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the chair of the NAIC’s Accident and Health Working Group offering input on the potential inclusion of a change in contract reserves in the…

Comment / Letter

Letter to HHS on Early Retiree Reinsurance

Joint Committee on Retiree Health letter to the Department of Health and Human Services in response to an interim final rule on the PPACA provision that creates a temporary reinsurance program for…

Comment / Letter

Follow-up Letter to NAIC on MLR Statistical Credibility

Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the NAIC responding to a request for more information on defining statistical credibility within the MLR rebate process as provided in a previous…

Comment / Letter

Letter to NAIC on Supplemental Health Care Exhibit Exposure Draft

Medical Loss Ratio Regulation Work Group letter to the chair of the NAIC’s Health Care Reform Solvency Impact Subgroup on an exposure draft of a new proposed financial reporting exhibit the…