High Risk Pool plans are:
a. a way to save money and get a tax deduction.
b. an incentive to shop for cost-effective health care services.
c. a branch of the U.S. government that deals with health and health services.
d. plans for patients previously refused insurance due to preexisting health care conditions.
D
State-administered High Risk Pool plans are for patients previously refused insurance due to
preexisting health conditions; they provide affordable health care insurance for 45 million uninsured
Americans. These uninsured persons can either choose a government-run insurance plan or they can
choose from private insurance plans.
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