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  • Health Insurance Market Reforms: Portability

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    Most Americans have access to health insurance through an employer-sponsored health plan, a fact that has made changing or losing a job a complex issue for the purposes of maintaining health insurance. Moving to a new job can be hard if the employer does not offer health insurance, or if the new employer’s health plan is not as generous as the previous employer’s plan. And with limited protections for people with pre-existing conditions, many people…

  • Private Insurers Are Expected to Pay $2.1 Billion in Rebates to Consumers This Year for Excessive Health Insurance Premiums Relative to Health Care Expenses

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    Private insurance companies are expecting to pay out $2.1 billion in rebates to consumers this fall, the second highest amount ever issued under the Affordable Care Act, according to a new KFF analysis. The rebates, which are calculated based on the share of premium revenues that insurance companies paid out for health care expenses and quality improvement, are roughly $400 million lower than last year’s record high of $2.5 billion, but more than 50 percent…

  • 2026 Medical Loss Ratio Rebates

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    Insurers estimate they will pay $759.2 million in Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) rebates in 2026 to select individuals and employers that purchase their health coverage, according to a KFF analysis of preliminary data reported to state regulators. The estimated rebate for 2024 is less than rebates issued in most prior years.

  • Average Annual Premiums for Family Health Benefits Top $15,000 in 2011, Up 9 Percent, Substantially More than the Growth in Worker’s Wages, Benchmark Employer Survey Finds

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    NEWS RELEASESeptember 27, 2011 Average Annual Premiums for Family Health Benefits Top $15,000 in 2011, Up 9 Percent, Substantially More than the Growth in Worker’s Wages, Benchmark Employer Survey FindsAbout 2.3 Million Young Adults Added to Parents’ Plan As a Result of Health Reform At Small Firms, One in Four Covered Workers Face Annual Deductible of $2,000 or More MENLO PARK, Calif. -- After several years of relatively modest premium increases, annual premiums for employer-sponsored…

  • Small Businesses Could See Double-Digit Premium Increases in 2027, According to Insurers’ Preliminary Rate Filings

    How Much and Why Premiums Are Going Up for Small Businesses in 2027

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    Small businesses that offer health insurance to their employees could see health costs rise in 2027, according to an analysis of preliminary rate filings from all 50 states and DC. Nearly 300 insurers offering small group coverage reported a median proposed premium increase of 14% for next year.

  • Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Affordability and Adequacy

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    Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), insurance plans offered through state insurance exchanges as well as non-grandfathered plans offered in the individual and small group markets - will be required to cover a set of health benefits and services called the "essential health benefits" package. Guidance issued last month by the Department of Health and Human Services will give each state some discretion to specify benefits package raises many questions. What is…