Healthcare reform legislation

• NAIC, HHS can still do right by agents

  By Ted Besesparis  |  March 1, 2011

  Ted Besesparis discusses NAIC failure to support HHS that agent compensation be removed from healthcare medical loss ratio and how its not too late for NAIC to stand up for agents.

• Insurance societies and associations: Make all voices heard

  By Staff Writer  |  December 14, 2010

  The insurance industry's societies and associations played a pivotal role in 2010 on a host of issues, including healthcare reform, business taxation, international growth opportunities and help in facing the challenges of social media.

• Agents Plan To Take MLR Fight To Next Congress

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 24, 2010

  Insurance agents plan to take their battle to retain their current health care insurance commissions to Congress.

• Healthcare Reform: What Now?

  By Ted Besesparis  |  June 3, 2010

  Now that the healthcare reform bill with of its final changes has been signed into law, what will its impact be on professional insurance agents and their customers?

• Insurers Offer Input On Health Care Bill To Cut Costs

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 11, 2010

  The health insurance industry said it will give the Obama administration detailed data on the provisions needed for health care reform legislation to reduce skyrocketing medical care costs.

• House Okays Repeal Of Health Insurers' Antitrust Exemption

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 24, 2010

  The House overwhelmingly approved legislation repealing the antitrust exemption afforded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act--but further action on the legislation is unlikely.