Health Insurance State High Risk Pools

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health insurance.

Medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2008

Summary:

Provides background on State high-risk pools, which provide health insurance coverage for individuals who cannot afford or obtain health insurance in individual markets and for persons eligible under P.L. 104-191, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Discusses P.L. 107-210, the Trade Act of 2002, which provides Federal grants to fund the expansion and operation of State high risk pools; and reviews legislative activity in the 107th, 109th, and 110th Congresses

Notes:

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Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Health Insurance

Publisher Number:

CRS-2008-DSP-0628

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