This subchapter does not apply to:
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(1) Dental insurance plans;
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(2) Vision insurance plans;
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(3) Specified-disease insurance plans;
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(4) Accidental injury insurance plans;
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(5) Long-term care plans;
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(6) Disability income plans;
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(7) Individual health benefit plans if the healthcare insurers offer individuals who satisfy the healthcare insurer’s underwriting standards the option of purchasing a plan that, other than being optional, meets all the other requirements of this subchapter;
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(8) Health benefit plans for small employers if the healthcare insurers offer purchasers the option of purchasing a plan that, other than being optional, meets all the other requirements of this subchapter; and
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(9) Medicare supplement plans, as subject to section 1882(g)(1) of the Social Security Act.