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Witness urges caution on Blue Cross board seats, health-sharing transparency and association health plan timing
Summary
Mike Fisher, testifying on H585, supported gubernatorial appointment of two Blue Cross public board members and backed transparency measures for health-sharing ministries but urged delaying expansion of association health plans until a scheduled study reports to avoid worsening adverse selection in the small-group market.
Mike Fisher, who identified himself at the hearing as Mike Fisher (health expert), told the Senate Finance Committee that H585 contains provisions worth supporting but urged caution on several points.
Fisher said he and his organization generally support the bill’s provisions and specifically endorsed the governor’s appointment of two public members to Blue Cross Blue Shield’s board, calling such appointments a meaningful signal of oversight. He told senators he did not expect board appointees alone to have prevented recent problems but said the proposal indicated the commissioner’s seriousness about oversight.
At the same time, multiple senators questioned whether the Department…
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