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Can the law limit what heath care providers I see if I have commercial and medicaid?
This is "Topic #601" in various ForwardHealth interpretative statements about BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid. The last 3 paragraphs say:
When commercial health insurance plans require members ...
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Health insurance just for a particular gender?
From healthcare.gov:
How premiums are set
Under the health care law, insurance companies can account for only 5
things when setting premiums.
Age: Premiums can be up to 3 times higher for older ...
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Are parents allowed to not pay for their children's surgery?
Parents have a legal obligation to care for their minor children: it is illegal to harm a child through action or inaction. State law and associated welfare programs are complex: you can start here. ...
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Does Justice Roberts Obamacare opinion contradict itself?
Isn't there tension between these two parts of the opinion?
There is perhaps some tension, but the resolution of that tension is clear. There is certainly no self contradiction.
The most obvious ...
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Is it legal for "in-network" dentist to send me a bill when insurance company denied claim?
It is legal for a dentist to bill you for services rendered. You have an obligation to pay the dentist (in exchange for services); the insurance company has an obligation to cover certain expenses of ...
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Must a health insurance in the United States provide a listing of procedure and diagnosis codes that are covered upon request?
The health insurance contract should set forth what is and is not covered in detail (in addition, there would be a short summary version).
They probably don't have to provide procedure codes that are ...
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Is it legal for a company to offer a different insurance rate based on spouse's employer's offerings?
Is it legal for a company to offer a different insurance rate based on the spouse's employer's offerings?
Given the scenario you describe, your employer is not charging you a different rate if your ...
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Is what the customer service of a health insurance company tells one of their customers legally binding?
If I may paraphrase the scenario:
The customer has a contract with the insurer
The customer is contemplating undergoing a certain procedure and is unsure if it is covered under the contract
The ...
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What would happen to Hobby Lobby under Medicare For All?
Your analysis is correct.
Hobby Lobby would be irrelevant insofar as health benefits are concerned (although the general religious objection doctrine would still have relevance in other contexts, e....
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Employer Added Wife to Insurance, Now They Retroactively Voided Her Coverage
This practice is known as "rescission". It is legal under 45 CFR §147.128 in some circumstances. The regulation says
(a) A group health plan, or a health insurance issuer offering group or
...
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Can the law limit what heath care providers I see if I have commercial and medicaid?
Yes, the law can make such limits
For another common example, an unlicensed person often cannot enforce payment if they carry out building work performed that requires a licence.
It's worth being ...
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Do high-asset / low-income people qualify for free medical care in California?
Can people with low incomes qualify for free medical care (Medi-Cal)
in California regardless of their assets?
For some programs, but not others. The main exception, discussed below, is the Medicaid ...
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being forced to use Express Scripts (mail order delivery) on perscriptions
It is legal and quite common. Your choice as consumer is at the point of selecting insurance company. If you dislike ES enough, that would be a reason to select a different insurance company. It would ...
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What is the difference between "controlled substance" and "needing a prescription"?
The concept of "controlled substances" has a special meaning, and stems from the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, resulting in Chapter 13 of Title 21. Ordinary ...
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Can a medical practitioner legally charge health insurances a different amount from what it would charge a non-insured patient?
They're not actually billing people different amounts because they have insurance or not. Doctors can pretty much bill a patient whatever they want for their service, similar to how a grocery store ...
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Is what the customer service of a health insurance company tells one of their customers legally binding?
I'm going to go out on a limb somewhat and say that claims made by a customer service representative are not binding, and are only advisory. The reason is that the company is only bound by the terms ...
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Can you sue minors only in America?
Suing relatives or friends to trigger an insurance policy is sometimes necessary, particularly if the insurer is being recalcitrant. Apart from that it is pointless to sue someone who has no money!
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The legal value of oral claims in the US
You can refuse to pay.
The doctor can either accept your refusal or pursue the debt in court. If he pursues the debt you will probably lose.
The Common Law position
Your contract with the doctor ...
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Are US doctors allowed to charge insured clients more than uninsured clients?
In the US, people are generally allowed to charge arbitrary amounts for services, as long as they do not violate various anti-discrimination laws in doing for. For example it would be illegal to ...
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Can an employer ask an employee about personal health matters (HIPAA) and COBRA decision in public?
It's probably not unlawful to ask, but an answer cannot be required immediately.
Per the Department of Labor, Susan has 60 days to elect COBRA coverage (the qualifying event here being the termination ...
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Is it illegal for a parent to refuse to pay medical expenses with child support in the USA?
No. The mother is not obligated because the child is 18. And has, therefore, reached the age of majority in New Hampshire. (See below chart.)
Before age of majority:
Parents are legally obligated to ...
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Pre-existing issue (medical)
As they say, a pre-existing condition is one that was existing at the time you applied for and were given insurance.
A pre-existing condition may be known or unknown: insurance will generally cover ...
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Is it legal for "in-network" dentist to send me a bill when insurance company denied claim?
Insurance law varies from state to state and policies have widely varying language. What your insurance company is bound to [as it refers to their obligations to you to cover charges] is the language ...
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Possibly a stupid question, but do insurance companies HAVE to have somebody as a customer?
The general answer in the US is that insurance is a state-regulated business, so insurance companies cannot just do whatever they want. Here is a central resource for Washington state. In general, if ...
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What portion of a medical bill does the insurance has to pay?
The at fault driver (in a state that is not a "no fault" state) has a legal obligation to pay all of your medical bills and all other economic and non-economic harm to you caused by the accident in ...
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Health Insurance Usage for Employers
The "Privacy Rule" of HIPAA would prohibit this from happening. §164.504(f)(2)(ii) imposes requirements on group health plan documents (agreements), which must
Provide that the group health plan ...
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Can residential/custodial parent change our kids health insurance unilaterally?
It isn't obvious on the face of it whether health decisions means "treatment decisions in non-emergency situations" or also includes choices of health insurance plans.
Both of these could be fair ...
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Secular Health Care Sharing
Setting up any health insurance plan is subject to myriad state and federal regulations and is not something anyone should embark upon without a lawyer. There are private for profit and non-profit ...
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Is there a fine for no health insurance 2017
The "shared responsibility payment" is a tax and not a fine, at least according to parts of the Supreme Court ruling on the matter (National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. ...
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