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Thanks for the responses.

I was asking because my son works for a tech company and was told that he could only move to states where they had an office, because that's where the company already has health coverage.

Since insurance doesn't cross state lines, if had wanted to relocate to South Dakota they would have to get him coverage with Blue Cross of South Dakota (or whichever carrier) which would require cost and administrative effort. Maybe they just didn't want to go through the trouble for one employee.