Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News - Minnesota Bill Bolsters Health-Insurance Rights.

By Tom Majeski, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Dec. 30–Minnesotans with health care coverage would gain more rights under proposed legislation announced Monday by Attorney General Mike Hatch and state Sen. Dallas Sams, DFL-Staples.
Called the “Fair and Balanced Health Care Act,” the proposal would require HMOs and health insurers to include a uniform industry-wide definition of “medically necessary treatment” in their contracts and tell members why they are being denied coverage for treatment.

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