Pollitz

As Karen Pollitz points out, “depending on what premiums are charged for qualified health benefit plans” subsidies capped above a certain level “may prove to be insufficient to ensure affordable health care for all Americans.”

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Unlike some existing state high-risk pool programs, which can be expensive, the new program is supposed to keep rates closer to standard premiums paid by healthy people, Pollitz says.

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"It's very inconsistent," said Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation and a former Health and Human Services official.

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For young people entering the workforce in a bad economy, this provision is a critical safety net, said Karen Pollitz, research professor at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute.

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And Pollitz says that being able to effectively use up your insurance kind of negates the idea of having insurance in the first place.

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And Pollitz says that being able to effectively use up your insurance kind of negates the idea of having insurance in the first place.

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Pollitz, who led research efforts at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute, will head the office's consumer support division, which is responsible for creating a Web site listing insurance options and prices and other consumer tools.

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And Pollitz says that being able to effectively use up your insurance kind of negates the idea of having insurance in the first place.

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And Pollitz says that being able to effectively use up your insurance kind of negates the idea of having insurance in the first place.

Insurance Companies To Remove Benefit Caps 2010

Moreover, "depending on what premiums are charged for qualified health benefit plans, subsidies capped at 400 percent of FPL may prove to be insufficient to ensure affordable health care for all Americans," Pollitz explained in yesterday's testimony to the House Education and Labor Committee.

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