High-Risk Pools – Healthy Skeptic

Feb 24 2012

Washington Post

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Medical costs for enrollees in the health-care law’s high-risk insurance pools are expected to more than double initial predictions, the Obama administration said Thursday in a report on the new program.

Feb 14 2012

Politico

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High-risk insurance pools short on enrollees

Jan 06 2012

Kaiser Health News

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Nine states have asked the federal government for more money to make sure their new high-risk pools that provide health coverage for people with pre-existing conditions don’t run out of money before 2014

Jul 05 2011

Washington Post

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The Obama administration reduced the premiums by up to 40 percent in special high-risk insurance plans that the federal government is running in 17 states and the District.

Jun 14 2011

The Hill

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Enrollment in new state-based insurance pools finally topped 20,000 in April

May 09 2011

NPR.org

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In fact, as of the end of March, 18,313 people nationwide had signed up for the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan

Feb 11 2011

Washington Post

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Last spring, the Medicaid program’s chief actuary forecast that 375,000 Americans would have joined new high-risk pools by the end of 2010 – only 12,500 have as of the beginning of this month.