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An Electronic Briefing Book

Tab 6
The Regulatory Framework for Health Insurance

"ERISA Update: The Supreme Court Texas Decision and Other Recent Developments"
Patricia A. Butler, AcademyHealth, State Coverage Initiatives, Issue Brief, V, no.2, August 2004; available at www.statecoverage.net/pdf/issuebrief804.pdf

"What Rights Do I Have as a Health Insurance Consumer?"
National Association of Insurance Commissioners; available at www.naic.org/consumer/health/rights.htm

"Frequently Asked Questions about COBRA Continuation Health Coverage"
U.S. Department of Labor; available at www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq_consumer_cobra.html

"Health Coverage Portability: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996"
U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, October 2004; available at www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/consumerhipaa.pdf

"Private Health Insurance: Federal and State Requirements Affecting Coverage Offered by Small Business"
U.S. General Accounting Office, GAO-03-1133, September 2003; available at www.gao.gov/new.items/d031133.pdf

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