Mandate for easy-to-read health insurance policies dumped

Anyone who has suffered through reading an insurance policy might welcome the idea of listing all of the exclusions and limitations – basically what’s not covered – in one section. It might even spare them from the ordeal of reading the policy in the first place. The summary was among the requirements of a pending state regulation to make insurance policies easier to understand. This seemingly innocuous – perhaps quixotic – goal has merited an emergency rule by Ted Nickel, the new insurance commissioner. (MIILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 5/9)