title: Discretionary clauses banned.
abstract: For years, insurance companies in Texas have used discretionary clauses in their policies to deny coverage to patients and go back on their obligation to provide health benefits. That stops June 1 when a state prohibition on discretionary clauses expands to all forms of health, life, and disability insurance policies issued in Texas. The state outlawed clauses in some types of disability policies on Feb. 1. Now the Texas Medical Association is pushing to take this victory nationwide.
authors: Crystal
authors: C
authors: Conde
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013781:Texas