Search Results: keywords:"single risk pool"

  • H. R. 2528 — To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the treatment of certain association health plans as employers, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,108

    H. R. 2528 aims to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to define certain association health plans as "employers." This change would allow groups or associations of employers to offer employee welfare benefit plans to both their members and self-employed...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to let groups of employers, like a bunch of small companies or people who work for themselves, team up to buy health insurance together as if they're a single big company. This helps them get better insurance deals while making sure everyone is treated fairly, no matter how healthy they are.

  • H. R. 1776 — To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to establish a reinsurance program, and for other purposes.
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    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,438

    H.R. 1776 aims to amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act by establishing a reinsurance program to help lower health insurance premiums for certain plans that are not part of the Exchange. This bill allows these plans to manage their risk separately from single...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 1776 is a plan that tries to make health insurance cheaper by setting up a special pot of money to help pay for expensive medical bills, but some people are worried that it might make costs go up for older people and that the rules could be a bit confusing.