The law states that the essential benefits covered by insurers in the exchanges should be consistent with what the typical health plan offers in the private sector.
The bureau provided percentages of plans that offered the following health services in 2009: emergency room visits (91 percent), ambulance services (64 percent), diabetes care management (27 percent), kidney dialysis (27 percent), physical therapy (70 percent), durable medical equipment (67 percent), prosthetics (46 percent), maternity care (66 percent), infertility treatment (27 percent), sterilization (26 percent), gynecological exams and services (60 percent) and organ and tissue transplantation (45 percent).
Read the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on healthcare reform (pdf).
Read more coverage of health insurance exchanges:
– Study: ‘Substantial Numbers’ Would Enter Exchanges Under Reform Law
– Wisconsin Shows Progress With Health Insurance Exchanges
– Tea Partiers Blocking State Plans for Insurance Exchanges
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