### Question
What does NAIC Model Standards mean?


### Answer
**NAIC Model Standards** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 1395ss*:

> the “NAIC Model Regulation to Implement the Individual Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards Act”, adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on June 6, 1979, as it applies to medicare supplement [4](#1395ss_4_target) policies

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1395ss*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER XVIII-HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED > Part D-Miscellaneous Provisions**

