Termination of Individual Health Insurance
2008-08-12T21:16:53-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvY2YxXC8yMDY0NTktbS5qcGciLCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsiZml0IjoiY292ZXIiLCJoZWlnaHQiOjUwNn19fQ==A hearing was held on the insurance company practice of “post-claims underwriting” (also known as "rescission"), where an individual health insurance policy is canceled and the premiums returned after a policyholder submits expensive claims, leaving the policyholder with the bills as if they were never insured. Members of the first panel consisted of a couple whose insurance policy had been canceled, and California and Connecticut state managed health care officials who have investigated rescission claims. An official for CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), which administers HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance, testified in the second panel. HIPAA guarantees that consumers may renew individual health policies as long as no fraud or misrepresentation has occurred. The official stated that CMS has never taken action against insurers for rescission because no specific cases have been referred to the center. An attorney for American’s Health
A hearing was held on the insurance company practice of “post-claims underwriting” (also known as "rescission"), where an individual health… read more
A hearing was held on the insurance company practice of “post-claims underwriting” (also known as "rescission"), where an individual health insurance policy is canceled and the premiums returned after a policyholder submits expensive claims, leaving the policyholder with the bills as if they were never insured. Members of the first panel consisted of a couple whose insurance policy had been canceled, and California and Connecticut state managed health care officials who have investigated rescission claims. An official for CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services), which administers HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance, testified in the second panel. HIPAA guarantees that consumers may renew individual health policies as long as no fraud or misrepresentation has occurred. The official stated that CMS has never taken action against insurers for rescission because no specific cases have been referred to the center. An attorney for American’s Health close
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