Friday was the deadline for health plans to submit details of changes in premiums and benefits to the government.
Using 2001-10 data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, we examined the relationship between insurer market power (defined as the market share of the two largest companies) and changes in premiums.
With open enrollment season beginning, we are seeking information from our readers and consumers about any changes in premiums or whether you're getting less coverage for more money.
Jon Pain, managing director of supervision at the FSA, said: "The FSA welcomes this positive move by MPPI firms to reverse recent changes in premiums or cover which will put affected customers back in the position they were in before the policy was changed.
Estimated premiums were quite low when expressed as a percent of expected revenue, and farmers were not responsive to changes in premiums.
But he and other state officials don't have the authority to reject changes in premiums.
In fact, the Board is prohibited from recommending changes that would reduce payments to certain providers before 2020, and is also prohibited from recommending changes in premiums, benefits, eligibility and taxes, or other changes that would result in rationing.
Among private health insurance plans, where managed care penetration was highest, annual per capita changes in premiums declined from 12.5percentt in 1988 to 4.8percentt in 1997 [ 16].
Therefore, these limited data are consistent with the hypothesis that for the range of wage premiums observed, changes in the premium will have little impact on the supply of migrants.
It is altering only that part of the premium covering medical costs incurred by the owners, a rate adjustment that will amount to just a 2percentt change in premiums for some popular models.
