In Duncan v. GEICO Gen. Ins. Co., No. 8:17-CV-40-T-30TGW, 2017 WL 4574605 (M.D. Fla. October 13, 2017), the Court held that perfection is not required in the handling of an Uninsured Motorist (UM) claim to avoid a bad faith claim in Florida.
But medical expert testimony is required, the same Court held, if the bad faith UM claim is based on the carrier's alleged handling of the policyholder's permanent injury. Since the plaintiff-policyholder did not introduce expert medical evidence into the record that he was permanently injured, the District Judge granted the UM carrier's motion for summary judgment on his bad faith claim.
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DESPITE BAD FAITH, REPORTING, CURRENT POLITICIANS: HEALTHCARE COVERAGE IS REALLY STILL THERE.
Is Healthcare Coverage still available under the Affordable Care Act? Absolutely.
Can you and can your clients still sign up?
Definitely.
Will you and will your clients be able to sign up now if you want?
Totally.
Answers to these and other important questions are reported in an excellent article by Haeyoun Park, "Yes, You Can Still Enroll in Obamacare: Five Answers to Questions About Getting Covered" (New York Times online, posted on Saturday, October 14, 2017).
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