"There's cost associated
with the waivers. There's no question about it. But I think they did the right
thing, and eliminated barriers to care for those who got sick.…Obviously, those
that built these benefits into their 2021 pricing aren't incurring any new risk
that they didn't anticipate before."
— Trevis Parson, the chief actuary for health and benefits at
Willis Towers Watson, talked with AIS's Health
Plan Weekly about the managed care industry's response to the
COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term impact of cost-sharing waivers.
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