HHS Proposes Rules for Health Insurance Exchanges, Offer States Flexibility

The Department of Health & Human Services has released proposed rules that are designed to help support and guide states in their efforts to implement health insurance exchanges, according to an HHS news release.

States are requires to establish an infrastructure that would support health insurance exchanges, which serve as a market for individuals and small businesses to compare health plans. These health insurance exchanges must be established by 2014.

The first proposed rule outlines a framework that will enable states to build affordable insurance exchanges. The second proposed rule addresses standards related to reinsurance, risk corridors and risk adjustment to assure stability in these newly established markets.

HHS is accepting public comment on the proposed rules over the next 75 days.

Read the HHS news release about the health insurance exchange proposed rules.

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