The AIS Guide to Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans: 2010

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Coventry Feeds Its Appetite for Small Regional Plans With Proposed Acquisition of Mercy Health Plans 
Small Business Tax Cut Under Reform May Aid Fewer Than One-Third of Employers 
New Mental Health ‘Safe Harbor’ Gives Health Plans Some Breathing Room 
Medical Loss Ratio Floor for Individual Plans Already Is Affecting Insurers, Broker Commissions 
Employers Face Tough Calls on Health Reform, Including Whether to Become Fully Insured 
High-Risk Pools Under Reform Face Delays Despite States’ Efforts to Comply 
Mass. Blues Plan Blames Denial of Rate Hikes for $55 Million in Losses 
ACO Conundrum: Everybody Wants in the Game, but Nobody Knows the Rules   
Existing Insurance Exchanges Jockey for Position as Linchpins of Health Coverage Reform 
‘Drafting Oversight’ in Health Reform Law Creates Problems for Physician-Owned Hospitals   
Insurers Cite Operational, Not Financial Hurdles in Adding Young Adults to Health Insurance Coverage
Feds to Beef Up Scrutiny of Insurer M&A, but Reform May Boost the Need to Consolidate 
Insurers Are Wary of High-Risk Insurance Pools Despite Their Potential to Boost Membership
Initial NAIC Answers to HHS on Medical Loss Ratios Cheer Some Analysts, but One Sees a ‘Can of Worms’ 
Major Health Plans Eye Ways to Reform Physician Payment Methods 
‘Grandfather’ Rule Could Mean More Time to Comply With Health Reform, but Could Cost Health Plans
Physicians Storm Out of Ratings Talks With Blue Shield of California 
Brokers Wonder if Health Insurance Exchanges Will Help or Hinder Their Client Base, Commission Rates 
CIGNA, United, Aetna Place Greater Emphasis on Growing Their Overseas Operations 
Health Reform’s Expansion of Coverage for Dependents Could Be More Effective Than Similar State Efforts

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