PPACA Rollout Faces Potential Obstalces

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act faces possible obstacles that could derail its implementation, despite carefully constructed incentives and safeguards, according to a report from The New York Times.

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As the health insurance exchanges open for enrollment in October, adverse selection is probably the biggest threat to the law’s success, according to the report. Millions of healthy, young and currently uninsured people must enroll to counteract the sicker Americans who are most likely to buy health plans; otherwise, plans will have to raise their premiums to compensate for high care costs.

Read the full article on Becker’s Hospital Review.

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