Selected Medical Benefits: A Report from the Department of Labor to the Department of Health and Human Services
April 15, 2011 On January 25, 2012, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released this list of potential insurance plans that could be used as the basis for establishing a minimum package of essential health benefits in each state. The list was compiled by the Department of Labor; it provides the insurance products with the three largest enrollments in the small group market in each state. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) requires that health plans offer a minimum set of “essential health benefits” for policies sold through state health insurance exchanges, which go . . .
