Alaska § 21.12.050 - Health and health care insurance defined.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 21.12.050 — Health and health care insurance defined., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 21.12.050. Health and health care insurance defined.
(a) Health insurance is insurance of human beings (1) against bodily injury, disablement, or death by accident or accidental means; (2) against the resulting expenses of the injury, disablement, or death; (3) against disablement or expense resulting from sickness or childbirth; (4) against expense incurred in prevention of sickness; (5) for dental care; and (6) including every insurance that applies to injury, disablement, or death. Transaction of health insurance includes disability insurance and stop-loss insurance but does not include workers' compensation insurance. Health care insurance described in (b) of this section is a type of health insurance under this subsection.
(b) Health care insurance means that part of health insurance that provides, delivers, arranges for, pays for, or reimburses any of the costs of medical care.
(c) In this section, “stop-loss insurance” means insurance purchased by a self-insured employer to cover benefits the employer incurs in excess of a preset limit.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 21.12.050 ("Health and health care insurance defined.") is part of the Alaska Statutes, the codified statutory law of Alaska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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