Proposed mandates for individual health policies in limbo, but likely to pass.
- These mandates include mental health parity, amino acid based formulas for infants and mandatory maternity coverage for individual policies.
MASSACHUSETTS:
The Massachusetts Health Care Quality and Cost Council announces program to help drive medical costs down.
-The council plans to include comparative cost information on its website this month, allowing consumers to evaluate the cost of procedures at different hospitals and outpatient facilities.