OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Democrats in the Oklahoma Senate plan to file legislation this week that would require health insurers in the state to offer child-only insurance policies that covers anyone under age 18 — including newborns — not covered by family plans or Medicaid, two of the party's top senators said Thursday.
Democratic Leader Sean Burrage of Claremore and Sen. Tom Adelson of Tulsa accused Republican Commissioner of Insurance John Doak of not doing enough to restore coverage to infants after insurance companies doing business in Oklahoma stopped writing child-only policies in response the federal health care law passed in 2010.
State officials reached a partial solution with the companies in December when Republican Gov. Mary Fallin signed an emergency rule to make child-only health insurance available for Oklahoma children ages 1-19, but infants not covered by family plan or Medicaid remained excluded.
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