GOP Lawmakers Pushing Bill To Require ‘Reasonably Priced Insurance Policy’

A bill proposed in the Georgia House of Representatives would require insurance providers in Georgia to make at least one reasonably priced health insurance policy available without limitation based on preexisting conditions in the event that certain provisions of federal law are repealed or invalidated.

House Bill 509 was filed last week and assigned to the House Committee on Insurance. Specifically, the bill would mandate that insurers “make at least one reasonably priced comprehensive major medical health insurance policy available to residents in this state without limitation or exclusion based on preexisting conditions.” The statute, if passed, would trigger if certain provisions in the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are repealed or invalidated by the U.S. Supreme Court. 

The Republican bill is sponsored by Representatives Houston Gaines, Trey Kelley, Sharon Cooper, Marcus Wiedower, Eddie Lumsden, and Mark Newton, who identifies as a doctor. 

HB 509, if passed, would do the following:

  • prohibit insurers from excluding, limiting, denying, or delaying coverage due to one or more preexisting medical conditions; and
  • require that the insurers offer a ‘reasonably priced policy’ that was also actively marketed in Georgia during the year immediately preceding the operative date (which is defined as 30 days after the repeal or invalidation of the federal acts). Essentially, any insurer that offered a plan under the Affordable Care Act in Georgia would have to offer at least one of those plans after its repeal or invalidation in order to continue to operate in Georgia. 

You can read the bill in its entirety here

Jessica Szilagyi

Jessica Szilagyi is Publisher of TGV News. She focuses primarily on state and local politics as well as issues in law enforcement and corrections. She has a background in Political Science with a focus in local government and has a Master of Public Administration from the University of Georgia.

Jessica is a "Like It Or Not" contributor for Fox5 in Atlanta and co-creator of the Peabody Award-nominated podcast 'Prison Town.'

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