Client Alert
| December 20, 2011
HHS Policy Announcement Gives States Flexibility on Essential Health Benefits
On December 16, 2011, HHS announced a policy change that will cover individual and small group coverage under the Affordable Care Act, or ACA. In HHS’ own words, the new policy would allow states to have greater flexibility in setting the range of services to be included in their individual essential health benefits packages that will be offered on the individual states’ health insurance exchanges. The change is designed to meet criticisms that the federal government would impose “one-size-fitsall” solutions and would override the ability of state regulators to choose the best health insurance solutions for their own states.
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