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.
Federal legislation passed in 1996 says that if you have "credible coverage, " which the large majority of employer-provided coverage is, the new employer's coverage cannot impose a pre-existing condition exclusion.
It was initially intended as a cost-savings tool by which large corporations could get coverage for operations and liabilities that would have resulted in higher premiums had they sought coverage from traditional insurance companies.
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It is also very good news for those of us who write a large check every month for our health coverage.
But we can't have large businesses and individuals who can afford coverage game the system by avoiding responsibility to themselves or their employees.
The two that remain, TAM and GOL, only offered limited coverage of Brazil's large cities, and passengers duly found themselves catching flights at 3am or waiting six hours for connections.
The current reform options provide financial incentives for medium- and large-sized firms to provide health insurance coverage through so-called "pay-or-play" provisions.
And in 2014, a new health care marketplace will ensure small businesses quality, affordable health care coverage options, the same way large employers do today.
In China, lightRadio Metro Radio will be deployed in busy indoor and outdoor locations, such as shopping malls and stadiums where coverage can suffer either from the large number of consumers trying to access a network, or because the density of buildings impedes the radio signal.
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The shrunken market still includes about 10 major insurers selling to individuals, and a number of large ones, besides Prudential, continue to sell coverage to employer programs, he said.
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Until recently the majority of internet coverage had been provided from marco-cells - large electrical base stations, made up of tall lattice towers laden with transmitters and receivers.
The House bill would also require many employers to offer coverage, and the Senate version would levy penalties on large employers that choose not to do so.
These biologically rich and unique forests comprise the most extensive forest coverage in West Africa, providing resources depended on by a large percentage of the nation's people.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has already issued 1, 400 waivers from the act's regulations for employers as large as McDonald's to stop them from dumping their employees' coverage.
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Consumer technology companies often get the press coverage, but enterprise technology companies are also making a major impact and building large businesses.
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The large increase in offers provided by small businesses is driven primarily by two factors: greater demand for coverage by workers due to individual penalties for being uninsured and the avail-ability of new, often lower-cost insurance options (because of administrative savings, for example) for small businesses that offer coverage on the exchanges.
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Cantor Fitzgerald initiated coverage on shares of Facebook (FB) with a buy rating as the firm expects the large and growing user base to be monetized over time.
It is curious how the bright lights of media coverage that follow around a lottery winner do not invoke the vitriol and judgmental language that a large Wall Street bonus does.
It is possible that, based on the large number of participants that will be a part of a given ACO, the ACO may assume the risk of coverage for individuals and employees of small business.
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The 34 others have some form of guaranteed "high-risk-pool" capped-cost coverage that is nonetheless expensive enough to drown many potential customers in debt, and limited enough to pile large out-of-pocket costs on those who can afford the premiums.
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