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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>🏥 &#039;&#039;&#039;Community rating&#039;&#039;&#039; is a [[Definition:Rating methodology | rating methodology]] used primarily in [[Definition:Health insurance | health insurance]] that sets [[Definition:Premium | premiums]] based on the characteristics of an entire community or geographic pool rather than on the individual [[Definition:Risk profile | risk profile]] of each applicant. Under a pure community-rating system, every person in the defined group pays the same rate regardless of age, gender, health status, or [[Definition:Claims history | claims history]], reflecting a social-policy objective of making coverage accessible and affordable across the spectrum of risk.<br /> <br /> ⚙️ In practice, most jurisdictions apply a modified version rather than a pure model. The [[Definition:Affordable Care Act (ACA) | Affordable Care Act]] in the United States, for example, permits [[Definition:Insurance carrier | carriers]] to adjust premiums based on a limited set of factors — age (within a 3:1 ratio band), tobacco use, family size, and geographic [[Definition:Rating area | rating area]] — while prohibiting adjustments for health status, gender, or prior [[Definition:Claim | claims]]. Insurers build their [[Definition:Rate filing | rate filings]] around projected [[Definition:Loss cost | loss costs]] for the entire community pool, then apply the permitted adjustment factors. [[Definition:Actuarial analysis | Actuarial]] teams must balance the need for adequate rates against regulatory constraints, since the inability to price individual risk precisely increases the potential for [[Definition:Adverse selection | adverse selection]] — healthier individuals may opt out if they perceive premiums as too high relative to their expected utilization.<br /> <br /> 💡 Community rating fundamentally reshapes the competitive dynamics of health insurance markets. Carriers cannot gain an edge through superior risk selection the way they might in [[Definition:Commercial lines | commercial lines]]; instead, competitive advantage flows from efficient [[Definition:Claims management | claims management]], provider network negotiation, and [[Definition:Loss ratio | loss-ratio]] control. For [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtech]] companies entering the health space, community rating means that technology investments are best directed at operational efficiency and [[Definition:Member engagement | member engagement]] rather than granular individual [[Definition:Underwriting | underwriting]], a significant departure from the data-driven selection strategies that dominate other insurance verticals.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Community-rated]]<br /> * [[Definition:Adverse selection]]<br /> * [[Definition:Health insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Rating methodology]]<br /> * [[Definition:Affordable Care Act (ACA)]]<br /> * [[Definition:Loss ratio]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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