The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Regulation of the Health Insurance Industry

被引:2
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作者
Jha, Saurabh [1 ]
Baker, Tom [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Penn, Dept Radiol, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Sch Law, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; community rating; risk classification; adverse selection; risk classification by design; risk-based redistribution; medical loss ratios; health insurance exchanges; essential medical benefits; subsidies and mandates; RISK; SELECTION; REFORM; WILL;
D O I
10.1016/j.jacr.2012.09.008
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a comprehensive and multipronged reform of the US health care system. The legislation makes incremental changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and the market for employer-sponsored health insurance. However, it makes substantial changes to the market for individual and small-group health insurance. The purpose of this article is to introduce the key regulatory reforms in the market for individual and small-group health insurance and explain how these reforms tackle adverse selection and risk classification and improve access to health care for the hitherto uninsured or underinsured population.
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页数:6
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