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What States Should Consider When Building Their Health Insurance Exchanges

Our recent health care reform law Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires states to create the own health insurance exchanges. These exchanges are virtual market places where buyers and sellers of health insurance can meet-up. It’s not so simple. Many considerations must be taken into account when creating these exchanges and the many stakeholders involved.

Milliman does a pretty good job outlining critical points states should consider.  One is structuring the exchanges, two is setting the terms of participation, and three is the plan designs.

Virginia’s Secretary of Health and Human Resources has done a good job laying out some of our initial work on the health reform initiatives. Read Secretary’s report here.