Map of United States According tothe Society of Actuaries, cross-border insurance plans would havelittle effect on lowering health insurance premiums, a keyobjective of efforts to drive their creation.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid push to eliminate barriersto the sale of cross-border health insurance plans isn't goingto find the answer in federal regulations, say insurers and healthcare providers.

Instead, as reported by Modern Healthcare, it's the insurancebusiness itself that restricts such cross-border sales.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.