| (6) The extent to which insurance coverage of the | health care service or provider may be reasonably | expected to increase or decrease the insurance premium | and administrative expenses of policyholders; |
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| (7) The impact of indirect costs, which are costs | other than premiums and administrative costs, on the | question of the costs and benefits of coverage; |
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| (8) The impact of this coverage on the total cost of | health care, including potential benefits and savings | to insurers and employers because the proposed mandated | treatment or service prevents disease or illness or | leads to the early detection and treatment of disease | or illness that is less costly than treatment or | service for later stages of a disease or illness; |
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| (9) The effects of mandating the benefit on the cost | of health care, particularly the premium and | administrative expenses and indirect costs, to | employers and employees, including the financial impact | on small employers, medium-sized employers and large | employers; and |
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| (10) The effect of the proposed mandate on cost- | shifting between private and public payors of health | care coverage and on the overall cost of the health | care delivery system in this State;. |
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| In order to enable the committee to assess the financial | impact of the benefit, the report must include a comparison | of the rate of increase in the Consumer Price Index for | medical care services to the rate of increase in the | Consumer Price Index for the previous year and the current | year as reported by the United States Department of Labor, | Bureau of Labor Statistics; |
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