House Dems target six health insurance companies for additional data

House investigators target six health insurance companies for additional data
By Jared Allen - 08/31/09 02:05 PM ET


Two House committees asked six large health insurance companies for information about the “purging” of small businesses from their plans.

Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations subcommittee, asked the companies for data regarding the purging of small businesses when the employees of those businesses become ill and the companies’ health insurance claims increase.

The additional information was requested from Aetna, UnitedHealth Group, WellPoint, Humana, Medica, and Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield.

“I began looking into the practices of the health insurance industry in the last Congress and was deeply disturbed by what we uncovered,” Waxman said in a statement. “As part of our ongoing investigation, we are now looking into the practice of health insurance companies terminating the coverage of small businesses when their employees become ill and their health insurance claims increase.”

“We need to better understand how widespread this harmful and destructive practice has become, and how it is impacting small businesses and their employees across the country,” Waxman said.

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