Florida's health insurers blocked several mandated-coverage bills from becoming law in this year's legislative session. But the industry was defeated by the physician lobby on a bill that would require health insurance companies to pay out-of-network providers directly.
The industry also came out on the losing end of legislation that would provide guarantee issue of Medicare supplement policies to people under 65 who qualify for the program because of a disability or end-stage kidney disease, according to the Florida Association of Health Plans.
Both bills are awaiting the approval of Gov. Charlie Crist.
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