TITLE

Health Insurance: Enrollment, Benefits, Funding, and Other Characteristics of State High-Risk Health Insurance Pools

AUTHOR(S)

Dicken, John E.

PUB. DATE

August 2009

SOURCE

GAO Reports;8/21/2009, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Government Document

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents a report from John E. Dicken, director of Health Care Issues of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), on issues related to health insurance. The report highlights the enrollment benefits, funding and other characteristics of state high-risk insurance pools (HRPs). It reveals that a Web-based data collection instrument was administered to senior officials of the 34 HRPs that are in operation in 2008.

ACCESSION #

44523055

Tags: HEALTH insurance -- United States;  MEDICAL care -- United States;  DICKEN, John E.;  UNITED States. Government Accountability Office -- Officials & employees

 

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