AHIP Responds To Sebelius Letter About Kids With Pre-Existing Conditions

After Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote a letter warning insurers against using loopholes to avoid covering children with pre-existing conditions, AHIP President Karen Ignagni wrote back to say insurers will comply with all regulations.

Sebelius, responding to a report in the New York Times that health insurance companies might try to get around covering already sick children, had written to Ignagni, whose organization represents insurers, to announce that she would write new regulations to close any gaps in the reform law.

In response, Ignagni wrote, "Health plans recognize the significant hardship that a family faces when they are unable to obtain coverage for a child with a pre-existing condition."

"We await and will fully comply with regulations," she continued.

Read the full letter here.