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MCHD price gouging concerns passed on to state insurance commissioner
Dominion Post (Morgantown, WV)
Feb. 18 MORGANTOWN In November, Monongalia County Health Officer
Lee Smith said he believed the health department s insurance provider was using COVID-19 as an excuse to engage in price gouging after the MCHD s essential liability insurance jumped 46 %, from
$30, 038 to
Monongalia County Commission sought the opinion of Attorney General
Patrick Morrisey s office, which has now passed the issue to the West Virginia Insurance Commissioner.
A
Jan. 28 letter from Assistant Attorney General
Laurel Lackey indicated that insurance premiums are not covered under the state s price gouging statute. Although
Dr. Smith s concerns do not fall under our purview, we believe it would be appropriate for the
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