# Kaiser Permanente — Medical Loss Ratio & rebates (Colorado, 2024) — context brief

Medical Loss Ratio and rebate outcomes for Kaiser Permanente (parent group: Kaiser Foundation GRP, as reported) in Colorado, 2024 MLR reporting year, by market: individual 88.7%, small group 87.2%, large group 91.1%. Met the 80/20-rule floor in every market; no rebate owed. RECORDED CMS-published MLR / standard / premium / rebate; rebate-as-%-of-premium is DERIVED. A spending ratio across the whole book in a market — not plan quality or advice. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **Kaiser Permanente spent 88.7% of individual premiums on care in CO (2024)** — RECORDED · CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio)
- **Kaiser Permanente spent 87.2% of small group premiums on care in CO (2024)** — RECORDED · CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio)
- **Kaiser Permanente spent 91.1% of large group premiums on care in CO (2024)** — RECORDED · CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio)
- **What a Medical Loss Ratio is — and is NOT** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas L5 boundary (a book-level spending ratio ≠ plan quality) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/mlr/21032-co.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Medical Loss Ratio by market — Kaiser Permanente (Colorado, 2024)** (3): Individual — 88.7% — 80% — yes — $418,233,882 — $0 — — — RECORDED; Small group — 87.2% — 80% — yes — $295,812,410 — $0 — — — RECORDED; Large group — 91.1% — 85% — yes — $1,782,479,318 — $0 — — — RECORDED…