title: Making health insurers insure.
abstract: A section of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires health plans to maintain a minimum "medical loss ratio," or MLR, of between 80 percent and 85 percent. If they don't, they could be ordered to refund some premium dollars to their beneficiaries. Texas Medical Association officials say the new MLR provision could force health plans to spend more time providing insurance and less time meddling in patient care. But that is still unclear.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ortolon
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D007348:Insurance, Health; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D013781:Texas; D014481:United States