Pennsylvania legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Pennsylvania HB2342: An Act amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1291, No.292), known as the Medicare Supplement Insurance Act, providing for applications for medicare supplement policies.
Status: In committee, March 31, 2026
What the bill says
An act to provide for the reasonable standardization and minimum loss ratios of coverage and simplification of terms and benefits of group medicare supplement accident and health insurance policies or group subscriber contracts of health plan corporations and nonprofit health service plans; to facilitate public understanding and comparison of such policies; to eliminate provisions contained in such policies which may be misleading or confusing in connection with the purchase thereof or with the settlement of claims…
From the introduced text, March 31, 2026:
An act to provide for the reasonable standardization and minimum loss ratios of coverage and simplification of terms and benefits of group medicare supplement accident and health insurance policies or group subscriber contracts of health plan corporations and nonprofit health service plans; to facilitate public understanding and comparison of such policies; to eliminate provisions contained in such policies which may be misleading or confusing in connection with the purchase thereof or with the settlement of claims; and to provide for full disclosure in the sale of such coverages to persons eligible for medicare by reason of age," providing for applications for medicare supplement policies. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows: Section 1. The act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1291, No.292), known as the Medicare Supplement Insurance Act, is amended by adding a section to read: Section 4.1. Applications for medicare supplement policies. (a) An insurer of a medicare supplement policy for an applicant may not deny, condition the issuance or effectiveness of or discriminate in the pricing of the medicare supplement policy because of the status, claims experience, receipt of health care or medical condition of the applicant. (b) This section applies to an applicant who: (1) Submits an application for a medicare supplement policy before or during the six-month period beginning on the …