Some states to ask Congress to regulate marketing of private Medicare plans



Monday, May 5th, 2008

State officials soon will ask Congress to grant them more regulatory authority over the marketing of private Medicare drug benefit and Medicare advantage plans to respond to continuing complaints of aggressive marketing practices, the New York Times reports. In a draft report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, state officials propose creating a set of marketing standards for…

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