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Hundreds of Missouri children could potentially lose their health insurence. Molly Boland has more from Jefferson City. |
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Wrap: About fifteen hundred Missouri children may not be able to renew their policies once they expire.
That's because many insurance companies have stopped selling child-only policies.
Missouri Department of Insurance director Travis Ford says the companies hope to avoid the cost of covering children with pre-existing medical conditions.
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Description: "State insurance departments are dealing with this in virtually every state and like us they're working with these carriers to try to work out a negotiation to where they can continue offering this product in a way that's finacially feasible for both the insurance company and the consumer." |
Ford says there are other policy options, but the Missouri Department of Insurence would still like the child-only policies to be availible, as they have been beneficial for some.
From the State Captiol, I'm Molly Boland.
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As many as one thousand five hundred Missouri children are in danger of losing health insurence. Molly Boland has more from Jefferson City. |
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Wrap: Nearly fifteen hundred Missouri children may not be able to renew their healthcare policies thanks to insurence comapnies that are no longer offering child-only policies.
Missouri Department of Insurance director Travis Ford says the department is engaged in negotiations with the companies to encourage them to bring these policies back.
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Description: "The insurers need some guidance from us on some changes that they would like to make to protect themselves financially but still keep this product available." |
For the time being, Ford says families should try to find group policies that allow customers to add dependents.
From Jefferson City, I'm Molly Boland