Golden Rule Insurance Company is the underwriter and administrator of individual and family health insurance plans marketed under UnitedHealthOne. It is a UnitedHealthcare company based in Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A., and has offered insurance to individuals and families for more than 65 years. It offers a type of health insurance known as a health savings account (HSA), and was closely involved in the political discussions that led to the enactment of legislation that offered tax incentives to consumers who set up health savings accounts, in addition to funding conservative politicians such as Newt Gingrich to fight broader reform. In April 2007, Golden Rule launched HSAcenter.com (http://www.hsacenter.com/), a website that offers general, comprehensive information about HSAs so that consumers can better educate themselves about health savings accounts and how they work. Its political action committee has raised substantial funds for Republican politicians who support health savings accounts.
Golden Rule became a UnitedHealthcare company in 2003. UnitedHealthcare’s individual line of business, which includes Golden Rule, PacifiCare, American Medical Security (AMS), MAMSI, Oxford Health Plans and UnitedHealthcare administered by Golden Rule, currently offers PPO health insurance and HMO products to individuals and families in 40 states and the District of Columbia.
In the 1980s, the company sued the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Illinois Department of Insurance, claiming that the ETS examination for Illinois insurance agents discriminated against members of minority groups. The parties reached a settlement.
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