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Committee hears Department of Commerce proposal to limit premium shock from open Medigap enrollment; bill laid over
Summary
Representative Driscoll moved House File 2403, a Department of Commerce health-insurance bill that would change the Medicare supplement market and guaranteed-renewability rules, and the committee heard testimony and public comment.
Representative Driscoll moved House File 2403 before the House Commerce Finance and Policy Committee and the committee held testimony and public comment on the Department of Commerce’s health insurance policy bill, which includes changes to the Medicare supplement (Medigap) market and to guaranteed renewability rules for individual health plans.
Sam Smith, testifying for the Department of Commerce, described two central pieces: a response to a 2023 law that expanded the ability of Medicare enrollees to move from Medicare Advantage to Medigap during an annual open enrollment period, and a separate change to bring Minnesota’s guaranteed-renewability rules into closer…
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