,Managing Risk in Health Insurance Markets: A Challenge for States in the Midst of Health Care Reform

Managing Risk in Health Insurance Markets: A Challenge for States in the Midst of Health Care Reform


 

Publication Date: September 2009

Publisher: The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government

Author(s): Katherine Swartz; Courtney Burke

Research Area: Health

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.