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Feds Reject Texas’ Request to Delay Insurance Reform

(Becca Aaronson/Texas Tribune) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has rejected the Texas Department of Insurance’s proposal to delay implementation of a federal health care reform provision aimed at curbing rising premiums. Under the federal Affordable Care Act, starting in 2012, insurance companies are required to maintain a “medical loss ratio,” or MLR, …

Feds Reject Texas’ Request to Delay Insurance Reform”