The Kaiser Family Foundation on June 13 launched a new series of short notes that will dissect and help explain the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the private health insurance market. The series, Notes on Health Insurance and Reform, will feature timely posts that clarify complex regulatory and insurance topics, provide context for ongoing policy debates, and foreshadow significant implementation challenges.
The series is part of the new Kaiser Initiative on Health Reform and Private Insurance, which will examine the implications of changes in the private insurance market under the Affordable Care Act and inform federal and state policymakers as they implement provisions of the health reform law. The initiative focuses on such topics as new rules that make insurance more accessible to people with pre-existing health conditions and require a minimum level of coverage; the creation of insurance purchasing exchanges by states; state review of proposed premium increases; and the design of tax credits to subsidize coverage for modest-income families.
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