Florida Insurers Stop Writing ‘Child-Only’ Health Policies

The Palm Beach Post reports that most of Florida’s major health insurers have stopped writing new “child-only” insurance policies – some pulling out of the market just days before the health-care overhaul requires insurers to provide full coverage to kids with pre-existing conditions.

In Florida, insurers Cigna, Humana, Aetna, United Healthcare and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida have stopped writing new policies for children-only. Here’s a link to the Post’s story.

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