Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost by Committee on Defining and Revising an Essential Health Benefits Package for Qualified Health Plans, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services (Paperback, 2012)
In 2010, an estimated 50 million people were uninsured in the United States. A portion of the uninsured reflects unemployment rates; however, this rate is primarily a reflection of the fact that when most health plans meet an individual's needs, most times, those health plans are not affordable. Research shows that people without health insurance are more likely to experience financial burdens associated with the utilization of health care services. But even among the insured, underinsurance has emerged as a barrier to care. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made the most comprehensive changes to the provision of health insurance since the development of Medicare and Medicaid by requiring all Americans to have health insurance by 2016. An estimated 30 million individuals who would otherwise be uninsured are expected to obtain insurance through the private health insurance market or state expansion of Medicaid programs. The success of the ACA depends on the design of the essential health benefits (EHB) package and its affordability. Essential Health Benefits recommends a process for defining, monitoring, and updating the EHB package. The book is of value to Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) and other U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agencies, state insurance agencies, Congress, state governors, health care providers, and consumer advocates.
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Publisher
National Academies Press
ISBN-13
9780309219143
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111556867
Product Key Features
Author
Committee on Defining and Revising an Essential Health Benefits Package for Qualified Health Plans, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services
Publication Name
Essential Health Benefits: Balancing Coverage and Cost
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Insurance
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
280mm
Item Width
216mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Committee on Defining and Revising an Essential Health Benefits Package for Qualified Health Plans, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Care Services
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Shadia Bel Hamdounia, Cheryl Ulmer, Elizabeth A. Mcglynn, John Ball