New Plan Options for Federal High-Risk Pool in 2011
Monday, November 15th, 2010The Obama administration predicted that hundreds of thousands of people would enroll in the Pre-existing Conditions Insurance Plan (PCIP), but the actual enrollment only totaled 8,011 as reported November 5, 2010. As a result, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the federally-administered PCIP program will expand the one option offered in 2010 to three options in 2011: the Standard Plan, the Extended Plan and the Health Savings Account eligible plan. In addition, families will be able to enroll their eligible children age 0-18 in PCIP at child-only rates.