Stopped four more Alaska healthcare mandates

Stopped four more Alaska healthcare mandates

NFIB succeeded in stopping four more healthcare requirements (mandates) on basic insurance plans: House Bill 187 (autism), Senate Bill 10 (clinical trials), Senate Bill 11 (age coverage), and Senate Bill 21 (mental health). Mandates are orders by the state to health insurers to add more and more procedures before they can legally sell their plans. More mandates equal higher premiums. For those without healthcare coverage at all, these mandates would have been four more nails in the coffin of affordability. More than half of Alaskan business owners have no health insurance. Please see AK Issues link to the left for more information about mandates.