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A failed system implementation hurt efforts to get brokers interested in Aflac's dental plans last quarter, and that hurt sales of other products, an executive said.
The company, which insures self-insured employers against very high claims, is trying to improve risk selection by getting fresh data before it locks in prices.
Christopher Condeluci, director of the Coalition to Protect and Promote Association Health Plans, predicts that properly designed AHPs will expand workers' access to broad provider networks and rich benefits.
A survey found they think full implementation of new taxes on medical supplies coming in from Canada, China and Mexico could increase hospital costs more than 15%.