The Economic Effects of State-mandated Health Insurance Benefits
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Assessing the public health impact of state health benefit mandates.
OBJECTIVE To document the process used in assessing the public health impact of proposed health insurance benefit mandates in California as part of the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) to serve as a guide for other states interested in incorporating a public health impact analysis into their state mandated benefit review process. BACKGROUND As of September 2004, of the 26 sta...
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