Insurance Regulation 

• ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974)
• Federal Statute (Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute)
• Case Law (HealthHippo--Insurance)
• National Center for Policy Analysis
• The Impact of ERISA
• Economic Effects of ERISA
• Health Insurance Market Reforms
  • Health Insurance Market Reforms in 7 states
• Health Plan Conversion Regulation
  • The Impact of Blue Cross Conversions on Health Spending and the Uninsured
• High Risk Pools
• Health Insurance Market Reforms (Urban Institute: 1998)
• How to Implement Kassebaum-Kennedy (Heartland Institute: 3/25/97)
• Map of States with High Risk Pools (National Center for Policy Analysis: 1996)
• Risk Pools (National Center for Policy Analysis: 6/30/94)
 
• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996)
• HIPAA (Health Care Financing Administration)

Includes a) regulations related to individual market reforms; b) commonly asked questions by employers and consumers; and c) HIPAA certificates.
 
• Issue Summary & Web Links (HealthHippo)
 
• State Health Insurance Market Reforms


• Should Pennsylvania Prohibit the Use of Genetic Test Results in Setting Insurance Premiums? (Duke University Capstone Report 05/01/01)
  
  
• Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs)
• MSA Web Links (Policy.com)
• MSA Summary: Guidelines for Medical Savings Accounts (The HMO Page)
• The MSA Page (Physicians Who Care)
• MediSave America Corporation
• Medical Savings Accounts: A Policy Analysis (Urban Institute: March 1996)
• Medical Savings Accounts (National Center for Policy Analysis)
 
• Commercial Carriers
• Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA)
 
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA)
 
• PPOs
• HMO's, PPO's and EPO's (definitions)
• Thirteen states enact broad regulations regarding PPOs.
 

• Mandated Benefits
  • Birth Control Needs to be a Basic of All health Care Coverage
  • Mandated Health Insurance Services Evaluation: December 15, 1998