A method for setting health insurance premiums for everyone in a state taking into account demographic variables, but not the applicant’s medical history. (Contrast with community rating and experience rating.)
Grants to assist states in their efforts to reduce reliance on institutional care, while developing community-based long-term care opportunities that enable the elderly and people with disabilities to transition back into their communities. Initially enacted in 2006,...
A group of employers who band together for purposes of purchasing group health insurance, often through a self-funded approach. MEWAs are sometimes exempt from state benefit mandates, taxes and other regulations.