# Medical Associates Health Plan, Inc — Medical Loss Ratio & rebates (Iowa, 2024) — context brief

Medical Loss Ratio and rebate outcomes for Medical Associates Health Plan, Inc (parent group: Medical Associates Clinic, as reported) in Iowa, 2024 MLR reporting year, by market: small group 86.3%, large group 98.9%. 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:

- **Medical Associates Health Plan, Inc spent 86.3% of small group premiums on care in IA (2024)** — RECORDED · CMS — Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Public Use File, 2024 reporting year (https://www.cms.gov/marketplace/private-health-insurance/medical-loss-ratio)
- **Medical Associates Health Plan, Inc spent 98.9% of large group premiums on care in IA (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/50735-ia.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Medical Loss Ratio by market — Medical Associates Health Plan, Inc (Iowa, 2024)** (2): Small group — 86.3% — 80% — yes — $11,892,161 — $0 — — — RECORDED; Large group — 98.9% — 85% — yes — $49,136,919 — $0 — — — RECORDED…