What are Medigap policies and what do they cover

In 1992, Congress passed a law that called for the standardization of Medigap policies in reaction to marketing abuses.  The standardization meant that each type of Medigap policy would cover its own list of services, independent of what state the consumer lived in when they purchased it or what payer sold the plan to the consumer; however, payers can also offer innovative benefits available as a rider or embedded in their Medigap policies.  But to distinguish these policies, payers use a variety of names.  So what is the main distinction between Medigap policies?  In article appearing on www.HealthPayerIntelligence.com , the author discusses with Bonnie Burns, a training and policy specialist at California Health Advocates, who was involved in the lawsuit that initiated standardization of Medigap policies in the 1990s; what are Medigap policies and what do they cover. Read article here…

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