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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

A.M. Best Special Report: Japan’s Aging Population Drives Private Health Insurance Demand : businesswire





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A.M. Best Special Report: Japan's Aging Population Drives Private Health Insurance Demand

A.M. Best Special Report: Japan's Aging Population Drives Private Health Insurance Demand
A.M. Best Special Report: Japan's Aging Population Drives Private Health Insurance Demand
HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Japan's private health insurance market has been actively developed, driven by the robust growth of third-sector insurance products over the past 10 years, according to a new A.M. Best report.The third-sector insurance market includes coverages for medical, cancer, nursing care, personal accident and income compensation, has seen in-force annualized premium income increase to JPY 5.9 trillion in fiscal-year 2015 from JPY 4.5 trillion in fiscal-year 2006.The Best's Special Report, titled, "Health Insurance Market in Japan," states that comprehensive coverage offered by the public health insurance scheme has somewhat mitigated the growth of the private health insurance market.


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'Sticker Shock' Likely As Colorado Health Insurance Open Enrollment Begins

'Sticker Shock' Likely As Colorado Health Insurance Open Enrollment Begins
'Sticker Shock' Likely As Colorado Health Insurance Open Enrollment Begins
Open enrollment to sign up for health insurance for 2017 starts Tuesday and Coloradans can expect sharp price increases for 2017.Premium rates are rising by an average of about 20 percent."I think there's certainly going to be some sticker shock," said Jeff Bontrager, who follows the insurance market for the Colorado Health Institute.


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Student Health Insurance Subsidies Catch Another Break

Student Health Insurance Subsidies Catch Another Break
Student Health Insurance Subsidies Catch Another Break
Tuesday, November 1, 2016On October 21, 2016, the Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) issued a FAQ providing indefinite relief for employers who subsidize student health insurance coverage.BackgroundUnder the Affordable Care Act (ACA), employer payment plans (EPPs) (i.e.group health plans that directly reimburse employees for all of some of the premiums expenses incurred for individual market coverage) do not work because they violate certain ACA market reforms (most typically, the prohibition on annual dollar limits under Public Health Service (PHS) Act section 2711 and the requirement to provide certain preventive services without cost sharing under PHS Act section 2713.)


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