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More health care reform headed to Indiana

July 23, 2014July 21, 2014 Julie Campbell

Individuals in the state who purchase plans from the exchange will see different offerings and prices next year. People living in Indiana who use the federal exchange to purchase their plans will be seeing a new round of health care reform that will bring changes to the plan offerings and the prices that will be available next year. Insurance companies in the state have been filing for a broad range of changes with potential advantages. The filings that have been made with the Indiana Department of insurance have already been…

Indiana’s request for exemption from the medical loss ratio rule is denied

November 29, 2011 S.Vagus

Earlier in the year, Indiana’s Department of Insurance submitted an official request to the federal government seeking to free the state’s insurance companies from the medical loss ratio requirement of the Affordable Care Act. The health care law dictates that all insurers should spend no less than 80% of the money they collect on premiums on improving medical care. According to the law, if companies fail to meet the requirement, they must return the money to consumers. Indiana’s request for an exemption from the rule has been denied by the…