The White House issued a news release which lists a few examples of programs likely to be approved for funding by the Department of Health and Human Services:
- "States could offer direct premium assistance to low-income or hard-to-insure populations to purchase private health insurance.
- States could establish high risk pools, or expand existing high risk pools, for very sick individuals who are deemed uninsurable in the non-group market.
- States could help facilitate pooling of individuals and small businesses and organize their access to private health plans."
Read on for a few final words about the President's proposal.
