BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s insurance commissioner has ordered an air ambulance network to stop selling subscriptions to North Dakotans.
Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread issued a cease and desist order Monday against AirMedCare Network. Godfread alleges the network of affiliated air ambulance providers is selling air ambulance subscriptions to North Dakotans in violation of a 2017 state law. The commissioner says North Dakota banned the sale of these subscription plans because they’ve been shown to be predatory.
But AirMedCare contends it stopped selling the memberships in North Dakota in 2017 when the law went into effect but that its memberships are advertised on Facebook and online.