Senate Widens Its Probe of Bare-Bones Health Plans

By JANET ADAMY 

From The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON—A congressional committee is widening its investigation of bare-bones health-insurance policies to encompass potentially hundreds of plans offered by low-wage employers.

What started as a probe into McDonald’s Corp.’s insurance plan for store workers is expanding into broad scrutiny of “mini-med” policies that could ensnare large mini-med carriers including Aetna Inc. and Cigna Corp.

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