Two new federal reports appear to justify keeping self-insured health plans from greater regulation, according to a self-insurance plan trade group.

The self-insurance industry faces “potential threats” if the battle over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) forces it to comply with “harmful provisions,” a trade group says.

Federal officials looking at how insurance market reforms under the health reform law may cause adverse selection consulted with a trade association representing companies involved in self-insurance.

Rep. Dennis Moore, a Democrat from Kansas, has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate alleged abuses of federally sanctioned risk retention groups (RRGs) by some state insurance regulators.

Legislation has been introduced to permit risk retention groups to write commercial property coverage, expanding their role from the selling of liability insurance only.

Medical malpractice insurance will not be affected by Congress’ consideration of changes to federal antitrust regulations.

Self-insured health plans could lose much of their autonomy, as federal health care reform could reshape requirements for their coverage.

A health care reform measure passed by three committees of the U.S. House of Representatives would “destroy” the self-insurance system in the country, according to the Self-Insurance Institute of America.

Members of a national self-insurance industry trade group expressed concern March 12 about how proposed health care reform might harm the 75 million people who are covered by self-insured employee …  Read →