The medical loss ratio provision, which I authored and which was included in the health care law, requires that insurers spend 80 to 85 percent of the premium dollars they receive on actual health care services, and only 15 to 20 percent on administrative costs.
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Franken discusses the medical loss ratio requirement in the health care law.
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