Health Insurance : A Primer.
Provides overview of health insurance industry. Covers basic industry principles related to expenses, risk pools, underwriting, and plan and coverage type; importance of health insurance; health insurance sources, including employer-sponsored insurance, public programs, individual health insurance,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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2006.
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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 health insurance industry. Covers basic industry principles related to expenses, risk pools, underwriting, and plan and coverage type; importance of health insurance; health insurance sources, including employer-sponsored insurance, public programs, individual health insurance, and State high-risk pools, and the problem of the uninsured; and health benefits delivery and finance, 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 Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |