{"id":11366,"date":"2018-08-31T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11366"},"modified":"2018-08-30T11:08:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T15:08:31","slug":"new-illinois-law-will-prohibit-nonmedical-switching-beginning-january-1st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=11366","title":{"rendered":"New Illinois law will prohibit nonmedical switching beginning January 1st."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;\">The state of Illinois passed a law that will limit the practice of so-called nonmedical switching \u2013 in which insurance companies stop covering a medication after consumers are already enrolled in a health plan. The new law takes effect January 1, 2019, which requires the insurance companies that want to change a drug\u2019s coverage midyear must notify the patient at least 60 days in advance and allow the patient\u2019s doctor to certify that coverage must be continued. However, the law will not apply to self-insured plans which are types of plans offered by large employers and unions. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/ct-biz-law-prohibits-drug-changes-0830-story.html?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20Daily%20Health%20Policy%20Report&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=65569557&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8M_kSh7pZeHvpnXPqWuuhFm1l9ujnzMW95EpKHJuPoNvmSH7O5OS3eYXc3W4EFzAuStPKziuMG8zOgh1YJsvpUlMxpFA&amp;_hsmi=65569557\">Read article here\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/illinois.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11367\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/illinois.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Illinois passed a law that will limit the practice of so-called nonmedical switching \u2013 in which insurance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-update","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11366"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11368,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11366\/revisions\/11368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}