States' establishment of health insurance exchanges / Fredrik C. Lewis and Erin O. Walker, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Fredrik C.

Walker, Erin O.

Series:

Health Care Issues, Costs and Access

Health care issues, costs, and access

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance--Law and legislation.

Health insurance.

Insurance exchanges--Law and legislation.

Insurance exchanges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (107 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Novinka, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A central provision of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires the establishment of exchanges in each state, online marketplaces through which eligible individuals and small business employers can compare and select health insurance coverage from participating health plans. Exchanges are to begin enrollment by October 1, 2013, with coverage to commence January 1, 2014. States have some flexibility with respect to exchanges by choosing to establish and operate an exchange themselves (i.e., state-based), or by ceding this authority to HHS (i.e., federally facilitated). St

Contents:

""STATES' ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES""; ""STATES' ESTABLISHMENT OF HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: HEALTH INSURANCE: SEVEN STATES� ACTIONS TO ESTABLISH EXCHANGES UNDER THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""STATES� RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ESTABLISHING EXCHANGES VARY, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF EXCHANGE""

""DESPITE SOME CHALLENGES, SELECTED STATES HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO ESTABLISH EXCHANGES AND REPORT THEY WILL BE READY FOR ENROLLMENT BY OCTOBER 2013""""AGENCY COMMENTS""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE AND METHODOLOGY""; ""Chapter 2: STATUS OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR STATE IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES""; ""Chapter 3: HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES UNDER THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ACA)""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""ACA EXCHANGES""; ""ESTABLISHMENT OF ACA EXCHANGES""; ""WHAT EXCHANGES DO""

""FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF ALL EXCHANGES""""COVERAGE OFFERED THROUGH THE EXCHANGES""; ""INTERACTION WITH OTHER ACA PROVISIONS""; ""APPENDIX A. SELECTED EXCHANGE IMPLEMENTATION DATES""; ""APPENDIX B. RISK MITIGATION PROGRAMS UNDER ACA""; ""INDEX""

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2013).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-62808-576-2

OCLC:

857080373