Senators urge the administration to protect Americans’ health care
During the open comment period on the proposed rule, patient advocates, health providers, and others overwhelmingly condemned the administration's plan, asserting the expanded sale and marketing of short-term "junk plans" will negatively affect coverage.
"On the proposal to expand the sale and marketing of short-term, 'junk plans,' as we previously expressed, this rule could harm people with pre-existing conditions, raise costs on older Americans, and promote plans that exclude basic benefits including hospitalization, prescription drugs, mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and maternity care," the senators wrote in a letter to the secretaries of the
The senators expressed serious concerns with the administration's plan to allow the sale and marketing of short-term "junk" health insurance plans, citing the Los Angeles Times' analysis that found the comments submitted to the
The senators previously raised their concerns to the administration in April, saying the new rule would hurt Americans' health coverage.
The
The administration's rule would expand the three month limited-duration insurance plans intended to fill temporary gaps in coverage to 12 month plans or beyond, creating a permanent market for these bare-bones plans. These short-term plans allow insurance companies to skirt the requirements that they protect patients with pre-existing conditions, letting them force families to fill out medical questionnaires when applying, which are often used to deny coverage or charge more based on a pre-existing condition.
The full text of the letter can be found HERE https://www.democrats.senate.gov/short-term-limited-duration-insurance-letter.
Read this original document at: https://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ID=A3745D90-32DE-4DA5-A4E8-FE59D7BEB020
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