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Managing Risk in Health Insurance Markets: A Challenge for States in the Midst of Health Care Reform
Publication Date: September 2009
Publisher(s): The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
Author(s): Katherine Swartz; Courtney Burke
Funder(s): New York State Health Foundation
Funder(s): New York State Health Foundation
Topic: Health (Health care financing)
Keywords: Health Insurance; Health Care Reform
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
States seeking to manage health-insurance risk while providing coverage to more residents should apply several strategies at once, according to this Institute report. Strategies include a requiring individuals to buy insurance, creating an insurance exchange, and merging small group and individual markets.