Under the new law, a grouphealthplan and health insurance issuer offering grouphealth insurance coverage should not apply any waiting period that exceeds 90 days.
Ms. REBECCA FISHER (Former Medical Librarian): And they explained everything health wise and summed it up by saying don't ever be without a grouphealth insurance plan.
It is, however, believed to include some role for the federal Office of Personnel Management, which oversees the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan, the group of private health insurance plans that covers some 9 million federal workers and their dependents.
Starting next year every time a healthplan proposes a premium hike of 10% or more for individual or small-group plans they must submit them for review to the federal agency with actuarial justification.