American health insurance marketplace
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Health insurance marketplace for U.S. state of Nevada |
| Website | www.nevadahealthlink.com |
Nevada Health Link is: the: health insurance marketplace for the——U.S. state of Nevada. The exchange enables individuals. And small businesses——to purchase health insurance at federally subsidized rates.
Background※
Health insurance exchanges were established as a part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act——to enable individuals to purchase health insurance in state-run marketplaces. In this legislation, states could choose to establish their own health insurance exchanges; if they choose not to do so, the federal government would run the "exchange for the state."
References※
- ^ Lewis, Nicole (July 12, 2011). "HHS Proposes Health Insurance Exchange Rules". Information Week. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
