High-risk pools play an important role in the health care system. They are state-created, nonprofit associations that offer comprehensive health insurance benefits to individuals with pre-existing ...

As House Republicans try to negotiate an agreement on the design of Obamacare repeal and replace legislation, specific elements are often referenced using shorthand terminology. While understandable, ...

For CDC to succeed, providers, employers and members need to understand and be comfortable with the pooling of risks, writes the Pensions Policy Institute’s Tim Pike. Pooling of risk is a tricky ...

Capitol Desk delivers the latest in health care policy and politics from Sacramento and around the state. Have an idea? Let us know. The federally funded high-risk health insurance pool, one of the ...

Edmund F. Haislmaier is an expert in health care policy and markets at The Heritage Foundation. He is frequently asked to assist federal and state lawmakers in designing and drafting health reform ...