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Health Care Reform: HHS Defers to States!
Beginning in 2014, all non-grandfathered health insurance plans in the individual and small group markets will need to offer a comprehensive benefits package, referred to as essential health benefits.
The PPACA identifies 10 general categories of essential health benefits, and it was expected that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would release guidance identifying these items and services. Instead, a HHS December 16th bulletin proposes to give individual states the authority to select a benchmark plan that will establish their particular essential health benefits package.
Though the benchmark method HHS outlines is not final, it does indicate HHS tendencies in that area. To comment on the Bulletin, email EssentialHealthBenefits@cms.hhs.gov no later than 1/31/12.
Source: HHS to Give States More Flexibility to Implement Health Reform
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