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Should GOP health bill prevail, say goodbye to insurance rebates

Supporters maintained it could help slow premium increases or at least make them more in line with the underlying growth of medical costs. This point is "really important," said Tim Jost, an emeritus law professor who studies the health care law and serves as a consumer advocate before the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Senate GOP health proposal, the Better Care Reconciliation Act, would end that requirement in 2019 and let states decide whether to continue such limits and rebates. Those rebates could end under the Senate proposal — now on hold until after the July Fourth holiday — to repeal Obamacare. When the Affordable Care Act took effect, health care inflation had slowed, but "insurers were still regularly raising premiums far above the actual growth in claims," he said.


On a conference call with the county's health insurance provider, Wichita County Commissioners were told employee health insurance is likely to go up by as much as 8.1 percent. Buy Photo Wichita County Commissioners discussed health insurance price increases of up to 8.1 percent for the next year. Commissioner Jeff Watts asked if there were any specific health problems in Wichita County employees that caused the high insurance claims. The Texas Association of Counties offers a health insurance plan to participating counties in the state. The rates for each county vary depending on several factors, including the county's number of health claims.


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