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| | | An Act To Improve the Affordability of Health Insurance |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2752, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 2001, c. 258, Pt. | | I, §1, is further amended to read: |
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| | | B. The financial impact of mandating the benefit, | | including: |
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| | | (1) The extent to which the proposed insurance | | coverage would increase or decrease the cost of the | | treatment or service over the next 5 years; |
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| | | (2) The extent to which the proposed coverage might | | increase the appropriate or inappropriate use of the | | treatment or service over the next 5 years; |
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| | | (3) The extent to which the mandated treatment or | | service might serve as an alternative for more | | expensive or less expensive treatment or service; |
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| | | (4) The methods that will be instituted to manage the | | utilization and costs of the proposed mandate; |
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| | | (5) The extent to which the insurance coverage may | | affect the number and types of providers of the | | mandated treatment or service over the next 5 years; |
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