In the industry, so called medical loss ratios or MLRs will be required to stay above 85% for large group coverage and above 80 cents on the dollar of premium paid for small group and individual coverage.
That's how much of a premium dollar goes to claims, reserves for payouts, underwriting expenses and policyholder dividends.
She understands that health insurance is high cost (even under the new Affordable Care Act rule, only 80 cents of each premium dollar will be spent on care).
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And the law also tackles costs, requiring insurance companies to justify their plans to raise premiums and give consumers a rebate if they spend too much of your premium dollar on overhead instead of health care.
Pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, a health insurance company must spend 80 percent of every premium dollar received from individuals and small group plans on actual health care, and 85 percent when it comes to large group plans.
Indians bought gold at close to international prices and the havala premium on the dollar disappeared, boosting legal remittances.
Prior to this increase, the highest income earners paid a fixed dollar amount that roughly corresponded to a prepaid premium for Medicare coverage.
People who remembered 1970, 1974 and 1981 made a lot of money in 1989 and 1990 buying good, interest-paying junk bonds when they were selling at 40, 50, 60 cents on the dollar, bonds that now sell at a premium.
Since October the real, Brazil's currency, has rallied from nearly 4 to the dollar to 3.5, while the risk premium on the country's bonds has dropped from a peak of 25 percentage points over those of the United States' Treasury to 14.
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