CMS' proposed rule on essential health benefits for insurance plans offered on health insurance exchanges may be too loose to adequately cover the newly insured, the American Hospital Association cautioned today.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires insurance policies included on states' exchanges meet essential health benefits, which were proposed by CMS in November.
The AHA told CMS in a letter today it was concerned the federal agency's proposed EHB provisions "may have granted states and health plans too much flexibility undermining the PPACA's goal of extending meaningful and affordable coverage to the millions of people who are currently uninsured or underinsured."
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires insurance policies included on states' exchanges meet essential health benefits, which were proposed by CMS in November.
The AHA told CMS in a letter today it was concerned the federal agency's proposed EHB provisions "may have granted states and health plans too much flexibility undermining the PPACA's goal of extending meaningful and affordable coverage to the millions of people who are currently uninsured or underinsured."
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