Health Insurance : A Primer.
Provides overview of the health insurance industry, including basic industry principles related to expenses, risk pools, underwriting, and plan and coverage type; tax preference; and health insurance regulation. Discusses the importance of health insurance; identifies health insurance sources, inclu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2004.
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Provides overview of the health insurance industry, including basic industry principles related to expenses, risk pools, underwriting, and plan and coverage type; tax preference; and health insurance regulation. Discusses the importance of health insurance; identifies health insurance sources, including employer-sponsored insurance, public programs, individual health insurance, and State high-risk pools, and the problem of the uninsured; and examines how health benefits are delivered and financed, including indemnity insurance, managed care, and consumer-driven health plans. |
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| Item Description: | Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |