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NewsEnrollees in high-risk insurance pools double to 10,000
Just as House Republican lawmakers begin an investigation into the high-risk insurance pools program, calling for enrollment numbers and information on outreach efforts, enrollment in the federally Read more...
High-risk health insurance pool will not cover elective abortions
Elective abortions will not be covered by the temporary high-risk health insurance pool program, according to an interim final rule released by the Department of Health and Human Services on Read more...
Sick people can't count on access to high-risk pools
If it looks like too many sick people are trying to sign up for the high-risk pool plan, they could be turned away, reports The Hill. Richard Popper, deputy director of the Office of Consumer Read more...
High-risk insurance pools could cost more than $5 billion, report says
The $5 billion set aside by the health reform law to fund high-risk coverage pools throughout the U.S., until 2014 may not be enough if calculations by made by the National Institute for Health Care Read more...
High-risk insurance pools will cost eight times more than forecasted, expert predicts
The federal government's $5 billion plan for creating state-based high-risk insurance pools for uninsured patients could cost five times that amount, according to one healthcare analyst's Read more...
18 states decide not to create insurance pools for uninsured
Eighteen governors throughout the nation have ultimately decided against creating temporary high-risk insurance pools for those who are uninsured due to pre-existing conditions. The new health reform Read more...
Georgia is first known state to opt out of high-risk pools
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine responded ahead of deadline to Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius's request for states' plans regarding high-risk pools. He was the Read more...
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