Friday, November 19, 2010
Insurers Ordered To Sell Child-Only Policies
KENTUCKY...
The state has ordered health insurers to resume selling child-only policies.
Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark says the order goes into effect Jan. 1.
Insurers had stopped selling such plans earlier this year because the new health-reform law would have required them to accept children with pre-existing medical conditions.
In a report on a hearing she held on the subject last month, Clark concluded that insurers decisions to stop offering child-only policies violated Kentucky law and causes unfair discrimination to some children.
The state has ordered health insurers to resume selling child-only policies.
Kentucky Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark says the order goes into effect Jan. 1.
Insurers had stopped selling such plans earlier this year because the new health-reform law would have required them to accept children with pre-existing medical conditions.
In a report on a hearing she held on the subject last month, Clark concluded that insurers decisions to stop offering child-only policies violated Kentucky law and causes unfair discrimination to some children.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:34 PM 
