Johnny Isakson

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  Senate first at bat in 113th with MLR bill introduction

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 22, 2013

  The legislation would exempt agent compensation from the MLR formula in the individual and small group markets.

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  Narrow fiscal cliff bargain gains currency

  By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press, JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press  |  December 14, 2012

  The White House and many GOP congressmen have set their sights on a more modest deal that would leave more vexing issue to the new year.

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  Senators resolve to save retirement products from cliff

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  December 7, 2012

  Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), introduced a resolution pledging to keep the tax status of retirement vehicles.

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  Senators tell Feds to back off bank-centric standards for insurers

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  October 18, 2012

  The issue involves looming capital standards directed at insurers from new rules that grew out of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

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  House Panel Passes MLR Bill

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth Festa  |  September 12, 2012

  Supporters of H.R. 1206 are trying to reduce the effects of PPACA on health agent commissions.

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  Action Set on MLR Bill

  By Elizabeth Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  April 10, 2012

  A House panel plans to act on and report out to the House floor soon legislation that would exempt agent commissions from the Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) provision of the healthcare reform law.

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  Put 'Em Up: Why All the Discord and Confusion over the MLR at the NAIC?

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 7, 2012

  After a series of unusual decisions and signs of infighting, some some are left to wonder if the NAIC is showing the stress fractures that are bound to result when a group dedicated to state insurance regulation finds itself in an era of relentlessly encroaching federal oversight.

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  Effort Underway to Push MLR Bill Through

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth Festa  |  February 8, 2012

  Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., said efforts are underway to attach legislation exempting insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision of the healthcare reform law to another bill working its way through the Senate.

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  Senate MLR Bill Aims to Give Agents Some Relief

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  February 3, 2012

  U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, D-La., and Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., have introduced S. 2068, the Access to Independent Health Insurance Advisors Act, a companion bill and a shot in the arm for a medical loss ratio bill in the House that has many supporters but has gained no traction.

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  Healthcare Issues Dominate NAHU Meeting

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  January 25, 2012

  At their annual Capitol Conference today, officials of the National Association of Health Underwriters disclosed plans for a new Senate bill that would narrow the proposed exemption of agent commissions from PPACA's medical loss ratio requirements.