Michigan Eyes Health Termination Notices

Guarantee Trust sent coverage termination notices to the holders of the traditional coverage.

Michigan requires individual health insurers to sell coverage on a guaranteed renewable basis. It lets insurers terminate coverage if they no longer offer a particular type of coverage in a market, but, under Michigan market rules, the high-deductible coverage Guarantee Trust is still selling is the same type of coverage that the company is dropping, officials say.

Guarantee Trust is still waiting to receive a copy of the cease-and-desist notice and is not yet ready to comment on the order, a representative says.