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Article published May 31, 2010

Mark Merlis

Podcast: Analyst Mark Merlis discusses challenges facing new high-risk insurance pools

Posted: May 31, 2010 - 12:01 am ET

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Modern Healthcare reporter Rebecca Vesely talks with Mark Merlis, an independent health policy analyst, about the funding challenges facing the temporary high-risk pool for the uninsured set to take effect this summer and continue through 2014. The federal risk pool is a result of the healthcare reform law. A recent report written by Merlis for the National Institute for Health Care Reform indicates that the $5 billion allocated for the program is likely to fall far short of what will be needed.

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Read the accompanying Special Report, "Ready to jump in?" published in the May 31, 2010, issue of Modern Healthcare.

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