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| https://web.archive.org/web/20140221182403/http://conyers.house.gov/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=E853D030-F6CB-424B-AED8-19E457274B35 | Conyers Highlights Consumer Rebates & Improved Health Insurance Standards Under Affordable Care Act | 2013-12-16 | 2013 | 2013-12 | Democrat | House | MI | John Conyers | C000714 | web.archive.org | legacy | (DETROIT) – Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) touted the tough new rules under the Affordable Care Act that ensure that if insurance companies don’t live up to the new standards healthcare standards, insurers have to send consumers a rebate. In 2013 alone, approximately 222,000 consumers in Michigan received an average rebate of approximately $138 per family. Due to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies must spend a minimum 80% of healthcare premiums on medical care and efforts to improve the quality of care, instead of operating costs and executive profits. If they don’t, insurers have to send consumers a rebate to meet this threshold. In 2012, nearly 80 million consumers saved $3.4 billion upfront on their healthcare premiums because of this rule. In highlighting this healthcare reform, Conyers issued the following statement: "As more components of the historic Affordable Care Act are implemented, healthcare savings – as well as benefits – for middle and working class families in Michigan are beginning to add up. Thanks to healthcare reform provisions, insurance companies must now spend at least 80% of a consumers’ healthcare premiums on efforts to improve and provide quality medical care. If the insurance companies don’t live up to these heightened standards, they are obligated to send consumers a rebate. Already, 220,000 consumers in Michigan have received an average rebate worth $138 per family because of these measures. These benefits are emblematic of the Affordable Care Act’s promise to reform our broken health insurance industry,” said Conyers. “With millions of Americans becoming able to receive affordable, quality health insurance – many for the first time – I look forward to working with the Obama administration and within Congress, to continue to build upon this track record of progress.” ### | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |