State high-risk pools: An update on the minnesota comprehensive health association

L.A. Blewett, D. Spencer and C.E. Burke

American Journal of Public Health, 2011, vol. 101, issue 2, 231-237

Abstract: State health insurance high-risk pools are a key component of the US health care system's safety net, because they provide health insurance to the "uninsurable." In 2007, 34 states had individual high-risk pools, which covered more than 200000 people at a total cost of $1.8 billion. We examine the experience of the largest and oldest pool in the nation, the Minnesota Comprehensive Health Association, to document key issues facing state high-risk pools in enrollment and financing. We also considered the role and future of high-risk pools in light of national health care finance reform.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.185975

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