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(a) In General- A group health plan and a health Health insurers cannot set limits to how much
insurance issuer offering group or individual health money you can claim for your health over your life-
insurance coverage may not establish-- time, or to how much you can claim annually, within
reason (see Internal Revenue Code for the bar health
(1) lifetime limits on the dollar value of ben- insurers can set for annual limits -- they cannot be
efits for any participant or beneficiary; or ‘unreasonable’).
(2) unreasonable annual limits (within the However, health insurers can place annual and
meaning of section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code lifetime limits on the benefits your beneficiaries
of 1986) on the dollar value of benefits for any partici- (children, for example) can receive, as long as those
pant or beneficiary. limits are allowed under Federal and State law.
(b) Per Beneficiary Limits- Subsection (a) shall
not be construed to prevent a group health plan or
health insurance coverage that is not required to pro-
vide essential health benefits under section 1302(b)
of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
from placing annual or lifetime per beneficiary limits
on specific covered benefits to the extent that such
limits are otherwise permitted under Federal or State
law.
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PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
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