A Windfall in Health Insurance Rebates? It’s Not as Crazy as It Sounds

(By Julie Appleby for KFF Health News)

Former Democratic Sen. Al Franken tweeted recently that Americans will receive “$1.1 B in rebates from health insurance companies this year” because of a provision he wrote into the Affordable Care Act.

The tweet prompted many comments, including some from people who said they had never seen such a check from their insurers. That got us wondering: Is Franken’s tweet correct and, if so, how exactly do these rebates work? Continue reading here…

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