Five Wisconsin insurers will offer standardized health plans in 2017, according to advocacy group
Five insurance companies operating in Wisconsin have said they will offer standardized health plans in 2017, the advocacy group Citizen Action of Wisconsin announced Thursday.
Citizen Action of Wisconsin executive director Robert Kraig called those plans "low out-of-pocket health plans," as they carry no deductibles for some medical services including primary care visits for injuries and illness, prescriptions and specialist visits.
The Obama administration issued new regulations for the creation of these standardized plans earlier this year, but participation was made voluntary and left up to states to implement.
Citizen Action and some Democratic state lawmakers have since lobbied insurance companies in Wisconsin to offer the plans, and five companies have confirmed they will do so starting in 2017:
Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative
Molina Healthcare
Network Health
Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin
Arise/WPS
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