                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

MEDICARE SUPPLEMENT POLICY; DEFINITION (§ 38.2-3600)

&#8220;Medicare supplement policy&#8221; means an individual or group accident
and sickness insurance policy or certificate, or a health maintenance
organization subscription contract or evidence of coverage, issued or issued for
delivery in this Commonwealth which is (i) designed primarily to supplement
Medicare by providing benefits for payment of hospital, medical or surgical
expenses, or (ii) advertised, marketed or otherwise purported to be a supplement
to Medicare.
		For group policies, the term does not include a policy or contract of one or
more employers or labor organizations, or of the trustees of a fund established
by one or more employers or labor organizations, or a combination of employees
and labor organizations, for employees, former employees, or a combination of
employees and labor organizations or for members or former members, or
combination thereof, of the labor organizations.

HISTORY: 1979, c. 726, § 38.1-362.7; 1986, c. 562; 1992, c. 225; 1996, c. 11.