State high-risk pools: an update on the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association.
Am J Public Health
; 101(2): 231-7, 2011 Feb.
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| ID: mdl-21228286
ABSTRACT
State health insurance high-risk pools are a key component of the US health care system's safety net, because they provide health insurance to the "uninsurable." In 2007, 34 states had individual high-risk pools, which covered more than 200 000 people at a total cost of $1.8 billion. We examine the experience of the largest and oldest pool in the nation, the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, to document key issues facing state high-risk pools in enrollment and financing. We also considered the role and future of high-risk pools in light of national health care finance reform.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Planos Governamentais de Saúde
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Fundos de Seguro
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Risco
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Pessoas sem Cobertura de Seguro de Saúde
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Seguro Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Health_economic_evaluation
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article