Health insurance exchanges and the Affordable Care Act: key policy issues

Health insurance exchanges and the Affordable Care Act: key policy issues

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
Jost, Timothy S.
Commonwealth Fund.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2010]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Choice Behavior
Community Participation -- legislation & jurisprudence
Economic Competition
Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance Coverage -- economics
Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence
Insurance, Health -- organization & administration
United States
United States.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Health insurance exchanges are the centerpiece of the private health insurance reforms of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA). If they function as planned, these exchanges will expand health insurance coverage, improve the quality of such coverage and perhaps of health care itself, and reduce costs. Previous attempts at creating health insurance exchanges, however, produced only mixed results. This report identifies the earlier attempts' problems, enumerates the key issues that are critical for overcoming those problems, analyzes in detail the ACA's provisions addressing these issues, and discusses further policy options.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101549549 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101549549