(a) In developing health benefit coverage or health benefit plan options to be offered through a subsidiary of the company, the company shall fully explore all health coverage options that may be offered under this subchapter and place emphasis on:
(1) increasing competition in the health insurance market;
(2) utilizing innovations that improve the quality of health care while lowering health care costs;
(3) ensuring adequacy of benefits and access to care for individuals in this state with preexisting conditions;
(4) issuing coverage in a manner that does not discriminate against individuals with preexisting conditions;
(5) leveraging federal tax credits that may be available for private health benefit plans to the greatest extent possible to increase the affordability of health benefit plans;
(6) ensuring transparency and coherence of costs and coverage to inform individuals shopping for health benefits;
(7) reducing incidences of medical debt faced by individuals in this state and uncompensated care faced by providers in this state; and
(8) ensuring equitable costs regardless of gender or prospects of pregnancy or childbirth.