Assembly Hearing Addresses Issues of Risk

California Healthline

It was not your usual subject for an Assembly hearing in the Capitol Building. Yesterday's hearing convened by the Assembly Committee on Health took on the arcane and important subject of adverse selection and risk pools. The nerdy-tech tone of the hearing was not lost on its participants. "I have to applaud the committee -- for taking on such a dry topic," said David Panush, director of government relations for Covered California, the state's health exchange. "But it is so important. I'm really glad to see it."

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