Medical Insurers Discontinuing Child-Only Plans

In response to the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordability Care Act, which limits the exclusion of children with pre-existing conditions as of September 23, 2010, many insurers nationwide have decided to suspend all sales of child-only applications. However, many medical insurance companies are accepting children with pre-existing conditions on family plans as long as the primary subscriber on the plan is 19 years or older. Those insurers that have suspended child-only applications have reviewed the rules that govern the provisions of healthcare reform, and have stated that there's a huge deal of uncertainty as to how the...