What Does Guaranteed Issue Rights Mean?
Guaranteed Issue Rights (also known as Medigap protections) is a law that prohibits American insurance companies from declining to sell additional health insurance to a person who has Medicare or any of its variants.
Insuranceopedia Explains Guaranteed Issue Rights
Under the Guaranteed Issue Rights law, insurance companies cannot deny coverage to a person with Medicare who wants to buy health insurance, even if they have prior health conditions. The company is also forbidden to charge more for prior conditions.