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National Underwriter Life & Health-Financial Services Edition, August, 1989 by Knowles, Robert G.
Blues Exec: Benefit Mandates Curb Affordability
More Florida residents could afford health insurance if unnecessary state laws which mandate health benefits were eliminated, according to a Florida Blue Cross executive.
"Mandates hurt small companies that can least afford health insurance," said Tom Albright, senior vice president and chief marketing executive for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, headquartered in Jacksonville.
"And it's been shown that mandates result in more providers administering more services at higher cost," he told a state task force in Jacksonville recently.
When the Florida legislature mandated chiropractic care in group coverage, the health care executive said, the number of chiropractors applying to...
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