New York Attorney General Mario Cuomo is investigating possible college deals made with health insurance providers.
According to the New York Times, Cuomo is looking into disclosure of policy terms and deals to college students, and if colleges are receiving any improper payments for referring students to certain health care insurers.
Colleges often require students to purchase specific health insurance from certain providers because campus health centers usually don’t accept the health insurance plans students have with their parents. So, if deals can me made with a college with a health insurance provider that becomes a lucrative business arrangement.
Attorney General Cuomo has started issuing subpoenas and document requests to a number of colleges who his office believes may be involved in deals with health insurance providers. Those colleges are: Columbia University, Cornell University, Georgetown University, Sarah Lawrence College and many State University of New York campuses. The college deals health insurance provider inquiry will focus on the adequacy of disclosure of health insurance policy terms as well as costs to students. Cuomo will also be looking into whether colleges received any improper payments in return for implementation that students use certain health care providers.
It is believed the investigation will also target colleges who are trying to push students into health care coverage with providers they don’t need. According to College Parents of America, some colleges as a condition of enrollment require students to purchase health insurance policies from providers.
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