- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
(The Center Square) – Health insurance companies within Pennsylvania could be required to provide more robust data to a specific group of small businesses, based on a recently introduced bill. But officials within the insurance industry say the change, if adopted, could lead to a series of ripple effects.
State Rep. Dave Zimmerman, R-East Earl, is the lead sponsor of House Bill 947, legislation that would require insurers practicing within the state to provide claims data to employers with 51 to 99 people on a group plan.
“We’re at a time when everything seems to be about transparency,” Zimmerman said at a recent House Insurance Committee meeting to discuss the proposal. “I really see this as a transparency bill. It seems that these kinds of businesses have really been struggling, at least through the past year, because of COVID.”
Several speakers at the recent House committee meeting said HB 947 would be a…
