State Insurance Guaranty Funds: Not A 'Primary Plan' Under Federal Medicare Statute

(October 6, 2020, 2:02 PM EDT) -- The Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund (IIGF) and North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (NCIGA) filed identical complaints on Oct. 5 in federal courts, alleging that they are not a "primary plan" or "applicable plan" under the federal Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) statute but rather "a source of last resort, when an insurance company becomes insolvent" (Illinois Insurance Guaranty Fund v. Alex M. Azar, II, et al., No. 20-5920, N.D. Ill.; North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association v. Alex M. Azar, II, No. 20-522, E.D. N.C.)....