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The Health Insurance Bill
Fast track to cut required health insurance benefits
Provides that the New York state health care quality and cost containment commission shall: evaluate each mandated benefit; investigate current practices of health plans with regard to the mandated benefit; investigate the potential premium impact of repealing and/or modifying the mandated benefits on all segments of the insurance market; hold at least two public hearings; submit a report to the legislature; makes related provisions.
Bad for everyday people ·
This bill creates a special group to figure out which required health insurance benefits to cut, and forces lawmakers to vote on those cuts without making changes.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
This bill looks like a boring study, but it is actually a trap door to cut your health coverage. Right now, state law forces insurance companies to cover certain important things like cancer screenings or maternity care. This bill sets up an unelected group to bundle up cuts to those protections into one giant package. Then, it forces lawmakers to vote yes or no on the whole package within 90 days, without fixing or changing a single word. It is a sneaky way to let insurance companies pay for less care while avoiding public debate on each specific cut.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Brings back a special state group to review required health insurance benefits.
- Tells the group to look at how much these benefits cost insurance companies.
- Requires the group to write a single bill that cuts or changes these health benefits.
- Forces lawmakers to vote on this cut-benefits bill within 90 days, with no changes allowed.
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