Bloomberg – U.S. health insurers can include the cost of federal taxes in determining whether they spend enough on patient care, increasing the amount that can be kept for administration or profit under new rules. Company shares rose.
Health plans led by Indianapolis-based WellPoint Inc. may also win delays from the spending requirements if individual states show the federal government that the so-called medical- ratio rules will destabilize insurance markets, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said in a statement yesterday.
