Kansas Insurance

• Dream team

  By Allison Bell  |  February 5, 2013

  When President Obama signed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA) into law, he officially killed the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports (CLASS) voluntary long-term care (LTC) benefits program.

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  Kansas postpones benefits package autism services decision

  By Allison Bell  |  September 26, 2012

  Sandy Praeger recommends basing the pediatric oral and vision benefits on CHIP benefits.

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  Mouths of babes: the essential health benefits debate

  By Allison Bell  |  September 21, 2012

  In Kansas, UnitedHealth and dental health groups square off on pediatric oral health.

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  Feds Hire PPACA Exchange Vendors, Push Ahead with Construction

  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press  |  August 6, 2012

  CGI Federal is building the exchange, and Quality Software Services is building an eligibility information database.

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  NAIC Wades into State/Federal Role in Health Insurance Regulation, Enforcement

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  August 1, 2012

  The issue may not be if the federal government is running the exchanges, but if it will be the default enforcer of PPACA if the states do not pass enabling legislation.

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  Exchanges: Praeger Sees SERFF Assisting, Expects Many Flavors of Exchanges

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 13, 2012

  The federal government will probably be running health care exchanges in many states, said Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner and head of the Health Care and Managed Care (B) Committee of the NAIC in an interview.

• Praeger Goes to Bat for Elderly Patients over LTC Coverage

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 7, 2012

  After a Kansas City, Mo., NBC affiliate highlighted the struggle of a patient’s family and regulators to battle for long-term care insurance coverage after buying a policy, the head of the health committee at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has vowed stronger regulation for those LTC insurers that deny...

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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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  Praeger Goes to Bat for Elderly Patients over LTC Coverage

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  February 7, 2012

  Praeger, head of the NAIC B Committee, gets involved with Bankers Life over alleged non-payment of benefits for long term care insurance, all while warning of more fines and additional NAIC regulatory vigilance to protect seniors.

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  NAIC to Tell Energy and Commerce Committee It Did Not Receive HHS Influence

  By Elizabeth Festa and Arthur D. Postal  |  December 15, 2011

  What will Energy & Commerce, Congress or HHS do next to address the controversial MLR requirement some say is stifling the individual health insurance marketplace in many states?