Insurance Bill In New York Gets National Attention
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Sen. Eric Schneiderman, D-Manhattan, is getting national attention for his legislation that would prohibit insurers from dropping entire lines of insurance when it gets too expensive.
Schneiderman appeared on CNN and MSNBC’s Countdown on Friday.
Schneiderman said this morning that he’s reached out to Sen. Charles Schumer to see if the legislation could be sought nationally.
“I think people have a very strong sense from the debate over health care in Washington and other places that the insurance industry doesn’t always treat people fairly,” Schneiderman said. “I think this has really hit a nerve.”
The bill is named for Ian Pearl, a 37-year-old man with muscular dystrophy who lost his insurance when his insurer terminated the entire class of policies in the state that covered him and others. After media attention, the insurance company, Guardian, agreed to continue his coverage.
Schneiderman has also been working with a Westchester County family, who has experienced similar problems with their health care.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
