Should Health Insurance Companies Be Allowed To Sell Individual Policies Across State Lines?

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Article Date: 10 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PDT

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Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports on this element of GOP-backed health reforms. "A core feature of the health overhaul proposal unveiled by House Republicans - and of GOP plans for years - would allow individual health insurance policies to be sold across state lines. Currently, consumers can buy policies only from insurers licensed by the states where they live."

This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org.

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