The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Transitional Reinsurance Program

Uberoi, Namrata K. ; Liu, Edward C.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Insurance law;    Health insurance industry;    Legislation;    Affordable Care Act;    healthcare costs;   

RP-ID  :  R44690
RP-ID  :  R44690_2017Aug23

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an overview of one of the three risk-mitigation programs of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the transitional reinsurance program. The first section of the report provides background information on reinsurance and the ACA risk-mitigation programs. The second section describes the components of the transitional reinsurance program, as well as implementation of and experience with the program. The third section discusses questions regarding the scope of HHS's authority to administer the transitional reinsurance program, including those raised by a 2016 Government Accountability Office report. Finally, the report includes a table in the Appendix that summarizes key aspects of the transitional reinsurance program.