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Health Care Reform

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

About 1.9M Californians To Receive Insurance Rebates

By the end of this week, about 1.9 million California residents are expected to receive rebates from health insurers because of the medical-loss ratio requirement in the Affordable Care Act. The law requires insurers to issue rebates if they spent less than 80% to 85% of premiums on medical care in 2011. The average rebate in the state is expected to be $65, compared with $151 nationwide.



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