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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3833

  • Certificate: means any certificate delivered or issued for delivery in this state under a group Medicare supplement policy. See Michigan Laws 500.3801
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Insurer: includes any person that delivers or issues for delivery in this state Medicare supplement policies. See Michigan Laws 500.3801
  • Medicare: means subchapter XVIII of the social security act, 42 USC 1395 to 1395lll. See Michigan Laws 500.3801
  • Medicare supplement policy: means an individual or group policy or certificate that is advertised, marketed, or designed primarily as a supplement to reimbursements under Medicare for the hospital, medical, or surgical expenses of persons eligible for Medicare and Medicare select policies and certificates under section 3817. See Michigan Laws 500.3801
     If a medicare supplement policy or certificate replaces another medicare supplement policy, certificate, or contract, the replacing insurer shall waive any time periods applicable to preexisting conditions, waiting periods, elimination periods, and probationary periods in the new medicare supplement policy for similar benefits to the extent such time was spent under the original coverage.