The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled "Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance Companies" on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.   The hearing examined the practice of "post-claims underwriting," which occurs when insurance companies cancel individual health insurance policies after providers submit claims for medical services rendered.

Witness List

• Don Hamm, CEO, Assurant Health, Assurant
• Richard Collins, CEO, Golden Rule Insurance Company, UnitedHealth Group
• Brian A. Sassi, President and CEO, Consumer Business, WellPoint, Inc.
• Karen Pollitz, Research Professor, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute
• Robin Beaton, Policyholder
• Wittney Horton, Policyholder
• Peggy Raddatz, Relative of Policyholder

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