Oregon's Regence BlueCross BlueShield stops selling child-only coverage

Oregonian:

Starting Thursday, the federal health reform law stipulates that insurance companies can no longer deny coverage to children because they are sick. But parents hoping to buy insurance for kids received a jolting message this week from Regence BlueCross BlueShield, Oregon's largest health insurer: "Regence is no longer accepting applications for individual coverage from applicants under 19 years of age."

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