Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Health insurance plans

Approximately 2.5 million people in the U.S. have a pre-existing medical conditions. Private insurers are not equipped to insure these people. To provide insurance, over half of all state governments play a role by chartering nonprofit health insurance plans, or HIPs. Premiums are made affordable by allowing HIPs to impose a small assessment on the premiums earned by private insurers.
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