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Jean P. Hall: Why high-risk health insurance pools that cover people with preexisting health conditions are not a realistic alternative to coverage requirements under the ACA
Submitted by Charlene Ice on Wed, 02/18/2015 - 11:31
- high-risk pools are prohibitively expensive to administer
- high-risk pools are prohibitively expensive for consumers to purchase
- high-risk pools offer much less than optimal coverage, often with annual and lifetime limits, coverage gaps, and very high premiums and deductibles
Source: "Why High Risk Pools (Still) Won't Work," The Commonwealth Fund Blog, February 13, 2015
Source URL: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/blog/2015/feb/w...
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