Under provisions in the reform law that start this year, insurers must generally provide a minimum of $750,000 in healthcare coverage. But some employers with limited benefit plans, also known as “mini-med” plans, have lower levels of coverage.
The waivers allow Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee to retain lower levels until 2014, when permanent limits go into effect. These states had existing policies encouraging limited-benefit coverage, but some lawmakers in Congress argued many other states might qualify for the waivers.
Last year, HHS granted one-year waivers exempting about 30 insurance plans covering 1 million people from minimum coverage limits.
Read the New York Times report on healthcare reform.
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