medical benefits ceases because the individual is no longer eligible. For the purpose of this paragraph 8 programs providing coverage for medical benefits include programs that reimburse for medical expenses or Medicare copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles. Programs that provide only premium assistance or limited benefits such as vision or immunization are not considered programs that provide coverage for medical benefits. C. Products to Which Eligible Persons are Entitled Eligible persons described in Section 12(B) are entitled to any Medicare supplement policy offered by any issuer, except that if the Medicare supplement policy in which an eligible person described in Section 12(B)(5) was most recently enrolled did not have an outpatient prescription drug benefit, guaranteed issue is limited to plans with equivalent or lesser benefits as determined by the table in Subsection D. Continuity Rights The issuer shall waive any medical underwriting for an individual replacing another Medicare supplement policy, whether from the same issuer or another issuer, if the individual meets the requirement to have continuous coverage since the end of the open enrollment period as specified in 24-A M.R.S.A. § 5002-B(1)(A), and the replacement plan satisfies the following criteria: (1) The plan applied for is currently offered by the issuer and is one of the replacement plans indicated in the table below for all of the prior applicant’s plans. Issuers may allow transfers to additional plans not noted below. The 1990 and 2010 standardized Medicare supplement benefit plans of the same letter are considered comparable for continuity purposes.
medical benefits ceases because the individual is no longer eligible. For the purpose of this paragraph 8 programs providing coverage for medical benefits include programs that reimburse for medical expenses or Medicare copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles. Programs that provide only premium assistance or limited benefits such as vision or immunization are not considered programs that provide coverage for medical benefits. C. Products to Which Eligible Persons are Entitled Eligible persons described in Section 12(B) are entitled to any Medicare supplement policy offered by any issuer, except that if the Medicare supplement policy in which an eligible person described in Section 12(B)(5) was most recently enrolled did not have an outpatient prescription drug benefit, guaranteed issue is limited to plans with equivalent or lesser benefits as determined by the table in Subsection D. Continuity Rights The issuer shall waive any medical underwriting for an individual replacing another Medicare supplement policy, whether from the same issuer or another issuer, if the individual meets the requirement to have continuous coverage since the end of the open enrollment period as specified in 24-A M.R.S.A. § 5002-B(1)(A), and the replacement plan satisfies the following criteria: (1) The plan applied for is currently offered by the issuer and is one of the replacement plans indicated in the table below for all of the applicant’s prior plans. Issuers may allow transfers to additional plans not noted below. The 1990 and 2010 standardized Medicare supplement benefit plans of the same letter are considered comparable for continuity purposes.
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