Health Insurance: How Health Care Reform May Affect State Regulation
(Testimony, 11/05/93, GAO/T-HRD-94-55).

Most health care reform proposals before Congress expect the states to
implement and enforce new requirements on private health insurers--a
responsibility that may require states to undertake new regulatory tasks
and regulate new organizations.  GAO surveyed the insurance departments
of all 50 states and the District of Columbia and visited the insurance
departments in the following states: California, Colorado, Illinois, New
York, Texas, Vermont, and Virginia.  This testimony discusses the (1)
portion of the health insurance market now regulated by state insurance
departments, (2) budget and staff that state insurance departments
earmark for regulating health insurance, and (3) key activities
insurance departments perform.  GAO also provides its views on how
several health care proposals might affect the activities of states and
their insurance departments.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-HRD-94-55
     TITLE:  Health Insurance: How Health Care Reform May Affect State 
             Regulation
      DATE:  11/05/93
   SUBJECT:  Health insurance
             Health insurance cost control
             State-administered programs
             Regulatory agencies
             Insurance companies
             State law
             Insurance premiums
             Insurance regulation
             Health services administration
             Human resources utilization
IDENTIFIER:  District of Columbia
             California
             Colorado
             Illinois
             New York
             Texas
             Vermont
             Virginia
             Medicare Program
             Medicaid Program
             Delaware
             Idaho
             Louisiana
             New Hampshire
             New Mexico
             Rhode Island
             South Dakota
             Wyoming
             New Jersey
             National Health Care Reform Initiative
             Clinton Health Care Plan
             Health Security Act
             
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