Cigna, Restaurants Seek Low-Wage Health-Plan Waivers
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U.S. restaurants have asked the federal government to waive health overhaul rules that may force companies to abandon low-cost “mini-med” plans that insure 1.4 million minimum-wage and part-time employees.
Cigna Corp., the Philadelphia-based health insurer, has also asked for a waiver on behalf of its “limited-benefit” customers, and expects to hear back soon from federal officials, Gloria Barone Rosario, a spokeswoman, said today in an e-mail. She declined to name the clients involved.