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MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court is
expected to decide whether insurance companies can refuse to pay the
maternity costs of surrogate mothers.
The court has agreed to review a dispute
between MercyCare HMO and two surrogate mothers denied coverage by the
company during their pregnancies.
The company had a policy of covering
pregnant women, but excluding surrogate mothers who act as
"gestational carriers" for others' babies.
The Wisconsin Commissioner of Insurance
said the company could not deny them benefits, saying insurers should
not be free to inquire why customers are pregnant.
The company appealed and a Rock County
judge ruled in its favor, saying the exclusion was appropriate.
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