Lexology October 20, 2020
One way to predict how next year looks for health care is to look at how the health insurers are pricing health plan premiums. Insurers were among the “winners” in 2020 as profit margins and medical loss ratios were favorable due to a decrease in utilization during the pandemic.
As insurers plan for 2021 open enrollment, they submit rate and plan details to federal and state regulators. This provides a window into how insures predict our health costs for next year. From this data, we see that insurers are expecting to start the year with COVID-19 in our midst with a vaccine during the year (one insurer built in a $75 per vaccine cost). Health care providers can...
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