The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued its final rule today on the establishment of state health insurance exchanges under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
NAIFA President Robert Miller issued the following statement on the 664-page regulation:
“NAIFA is pleased that the final HHS rule acknowledges the significant role agents will play in the state health care exchanges and has incorporated our suggestion allowing exchanges to display information about the valuable role of agents and brokers on their Web sites and in other public materials. We remain concerned that the regulations fail to adequately protect consumers by allowing well-intentioned Navigators in the exchange systems to forego errors and omissions coverage.”