A clause in an insurance policy that restricts overpayment of benefits due to more than one medical insurance policy is:
a. not legal.
b. known as coordination of benefits.
c. used frequently by patients with only one policy.
d. None of the above.
Ans: b. known as coordination of benefits.
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