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Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Insurance bill advances


By BRYAN CORBIN
Courier & Press Statehouse bureau (317) 631-7405 or corbinb@courierpress.com
Originally published 12:00 a.m., March 30, 2007
Updated 10:59 p.m., March 29, 2007

INDIANAPOLIS - A woman who has a glass of wine at dinner trips and falls outside the restaurant.

The hospital emergency room treats her broken ankle, but although she is insured, her health-insurance company won't pay the claim. The reason: A blood test showed she had alcohol in her system, even though she wasn't legally intoxicated. And that denial is perfectly legal.
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Source: Ensuring Solutions to Alcohol Problems_

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