Timothy Jost

• 

  Self-insurance battle continues at NAIC fall meeting

  By Allison Bell  |  November 29, 2012

  ERISA Working Group members ask another panel for an impact study.

• 

  PPACA: State regulators eye loss ratio formula

  By Allison Bell  |  September 27, 2012

  How should health insurers handle rebates? Consumer reps and carriers disagree.

• 

  SERFF Board Should Make Insurance Rate Filings Public, Advocates Say

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  August 27, 2012

  "It does so with PPACA filings, why not the whole industry?" Birnbaum, Jost and others argue. But wait, SERFF's board is almost half-comprised of industry members.

• 

  Consumer Reps: PPACA Does So Change the Small-Group Market

  By Allison Bell  |  August 6, 2012

  Will PPACA leave small employers' health plans mostly the same? Timothy Jost and consumer rep colleagues doubt it.

• 

  Industry, Consumer Advocates Divided on Statutory MLR Ratio Calculations

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  July 17, 2012

  How --and for how many years--should rebates be included in the MLR numerator? It depends on if you are a health insurer or a patient.

• 

  MLR Calculations to Get Even More Complicated

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  July 5, 2012

  Should MLR rebate calculations for 2014-2016 be modified to reflect reinsurance, risk corridor payments and risk adjustment payments and credits?

• HHS Will Operate ‘Open Market' Model for Federal Insurance Exchanges in 2014 (Bloomberg)

  By Staff Writer  |  May 24, 2012

  HHS will use health insurance brokers, agents and Web-based brokers to enroll customers in health insurance exchanges.

• 

  Severability Replaces Broccoli in the Sights of Legal Scholars

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 29, 2012

  The PPACA's individual mandate is viewed as in peril, and many SCOTUS watchers jump to the next consideration--life after the mandate, and if severability prevails, what it will look like.

• 

  Consumer Rep: Exchanges Might Not Affect Plan Mobility

  By Allison Bell  |  March 28, 2012

  Timothy Jost presents evidence that users of existing exchange programs tend to stick with their health plans.

• 

  The 9.5% Solution

  By Allison Bell  |  March 2, 2012

  Healthy policy experts tell journalists that PPACA could turn out to have surprising, interesting wrinkles.