A dental working group at the District of Columbia HealthBenefit Exchange Authority has published a dental options report that illustratessome of the choices exchange builders are making.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires federalregulators to work with officials in the District of Columbia andall 50 states to set up exchanges, or Web-based health insurancesupermarkets, for individuals and small groups by Oct. 1.

Each plan sold in an exchange is supposed to offer coverage foran "essential health benefits" package. PPACA requires the packageto include pediatric dental benefits.

Continue Reading for Free

Register and gain access to:

  • Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.

Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.