Legislators support new health insurance mandates

The Maine House overwhelmingly approved two bills this week that would add two new mandates on what health insurers must cover. The House voted 135-11 on March 24 to approve LD 20, which would require health insurers to cover the costs of prosthetics with microprocessors. Current state law mandates coverage for prosthetics and this would expand it to include those with microprocessors. Also on March 24, the ...