Feds try to manage premium aid risk

CMS fine-tunes guidance on private efforts to help sick people pay for exchange coverage.

By Allison Bell | Updated on February 10, 2014

Regulators want to accommodate existing programs that help sick consumers pay for federal exchange coverage without letting new aid programs drive up claims.

Officials at the Center for Consumer Information & Insurance Oversight talk about private premium assistance programs in a new collection of two answers to frequently asked questions.

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