| 140,000 |
Small businesses represented by the Small Business
Coalition for Equitable Health Insurance |
| |
|
| 250 |
Number of Chambers and Associations affiliated
with SBCEHI. |
| |
|
| 1,000,000 |
Number of uninsured AHPs would create (Mercer) |
| |
|
| 23% |
Increase in premiums for the state-regulated
small-business health insurance market (Mercer) |
| |
|
| 6% |
Overall increase in small-business health
insurance premiums under AHPs (Mercer) |
| |
|
| 180 |
The number of days AHP’s have to report insolvency
to the Department of Labor AFTER they’ve gone under. |
| |
|
| 4 |
Number of states that currently allow health
underwriting for rating purposes. |
| |
|
| 50 |
Potential number of states where AHPs could use
health underwriting for rating purposes. |
| |
|
| 400,000 |
Number of people left with unpaid medical bills in
the late 1980’s and early 1990’s after the failure of Multiple
Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs). (NMHA) |
| |
|
| $120 million |
The total amount of unpaid medical bills as a
result of failed MEWAs. (NMHA) |
| |
|
| 46 |
Number of states that enacted some kind of small
group reform prior to HIPAA. (NAIC) |
| |
|
| 10,000 |
Number of people employed by state insurance
departments nation wide. (NAIC) |
| |
|
| 0 |
Number of people employed by the Department of
Labor specifically for
oversight on AHPs. |
| |
|
| $700 million |
Current total budget of state insurance
departments. (NAIC) |
| |
|
| $0 |
Funds allocated for new Department of Labor oversight on AHPs. |
| |
|
| $2 Million |
Proposed cap for capital reserve requirements in
case of insolvency for even the largest AHPs. |
| |
|
| 15.4% |
Average health care cost increases American
companies will face in 2003. (Hewitt Associates) |
| |
|
| 12.7% |
The amount monthly insurance premiums rose by in
2002 (Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational
Trust annual study May 2001 – May 2002) |
| |
|
| 4% |
The amount of medical inflation |
| |
|
| 1.6% |
Overall inflation measured by CPI |
| |
|
| |
CBO (Congressional Budget Office), NMHA (National
Mental Health Association), NAIC (National Association of Insurance
Commissioners) |
