Fundamentals Briefing
| Date: | FEBRUARY 21–22, 2008 |
| Title: | Insurance 101: The Fundamentals of Private Health Insurance |
| Manager: | Sally Coberly, PhD |
| Summary: | This briefing for congressional staff on the fundamentals of private health insurance featured three experts on health insurance. In two sessions, experts discussed key insurance concepts, the regulatory framework for insurance, and concepts in health insurance reform. A briefing book accompanied the sessions, and the electronic version of the same here contains links to speakers’ presentations as well as additional articles, reports, and other resources. |
| Speakers: | Len Nichols, PhD, Director, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation; John M. Bertko, FSA, MAAA, Adjunct Professor, RAND Corporation; Richard Kronick, PhD, Professor and Chief, Division of Health Care Sciences, University of California, San Diego |
| Related Materials: |
See the briefing book compiled for this session, as well as a glossary of health insurance terms compiled in December 2008. |
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