Gov't to help get coverage for uninsured
WASHINGTON
The law provides for creation within 90 days of high-risk pools
allowing uninsured people who can't get coverage because of health
conditions to buy insurance.
The program will build on existing high-risk pools in some
states or be operated by the federal government. Health and Human
Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius wrote to states Friday asking
them to report back on how they want to proceed.
The program will be in place until the law is fully implemented
in 2014, when insurance companies will have to take all comers.
