AHIP Not Hip on Plain Language Health Insurance.

   American Health Insurance Plans, a trade organization, demands that the United States Government block the implementation of so-called simple, easier-to-understand Policy Forms and Endorsements, at least for awhile yet.  The industry does not have the time to provide consumers with plain language Health Insurance forms, AHIP says.  See Susan Jaffe, "Health Insurers Seek Delay of New Consumer-Friendly Coverage Forms" (Kaiser Health News, Thursday, August 18, 2011).

   If AHIP announces that Insurance Policies cannot be written in plain language, you have got to wonder.

The Author is Co-Chair of the Health, Life and Disability Insurance Subcommittee of the American Bar Association's Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee.

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