[DOWNLOAD] "Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, And the Challenge of the Medically Uninsurable: A Retrospective on High Risk Pools in the States." by Journal of Health and Human Services Administration * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, And the Challenge of the Medically Uninsurable: A Retrospective on High Risk Pools in the States.
- Author : Journal of Health and Human Services Administration
- Release Date : January 22, 2010
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 320 KB
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INTRODUCTION Since the late 1970s, various state governments have supported programs that provide health insurance coverage for those who would not otherwise be able to obtain or afford health insurance due to "high-risk" medical conditions. These high-risk pool programs--also known as State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans--have largely been overlooked in both popular and academic discussions and reviews of health policy and programming in the United States. To more fully understand health policy and administration in the United States, it is necessary to place these programs in context and to understand their origins, their functions, and their influence on health coverage and insurance reforms. As an introduction to high risk insurance programs, this article has two purposes. The first is to describe and document these little known programs that have largely been unexplored in the public administration and health policy literature. The second purpose is to outline some of the current as well as possible federal and state intergovernmental dynamics relating to high-risk insurance pools.