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Social Security Survivors Benefits

Description: This report describes how a person becomes covered by Survivors Insurance. It outlines the types and amounts of benefits available to survivors, eligibility for those benefits, and the benefit application process. It provides statistics on survivor beneficiaries and a legislative history of Survivors Insurance, including legislative activity in the 110th Congress.
Date: January 8, 2008
Creator: Romig, Kathleen & Szymendera, Scott
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Crop Insurance: Background

Description: This report provides a primer on the federal crop insurance program and highlights changes to the program by the 2014 farm bill.
Date: January 9, 2015
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Veterans Benefits: Current Life Insurance Programs

Description: This report is structured in three major areas. The first area of the report includes sections providing an overview of the VA's different life insurance programs. The second area includes sections describing the VA's management and administrative structure as well as how policy proceeds to beneficiaries are currently paid for SGLI, VGLI, and S-DVI. The third area of the report discusses major areas of congressional interest and policy issues as they pertain to SGLI, VGLI, and S-DVI.
Date: September 30, 2010
Creator: Miles, Glenn L. II & Morman, Armaad R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Insurance Regulation in the United States and Abroad

Description: This report will first give a statistical overview of various countries and then present a summary of U.S. insurance regulatory structure. This report also provides summaries of the systems in Canada, Australia, and Japan.
Date: May 23, 2006
Creator: Webel, Baird
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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No-Fault Insurance

Description: This report is about No-Fault Insurance
Date: November 8, 1971
Creator: Ottenberg, Miriam
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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State Regulation of Private Health Insurance

Description: This report addresses state regulation of private health insurance.
Date: May 1, 1972
Creator: Markus, Glenn R. & Hauch, Valerie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Crop Insurance: Background

Description: This report provides a primer on the federal crop insurance program.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA

Description: This report provides background information on continuation health insurance under Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) and on the COBRA population.
Date: December 18, 2009
Creator: Kinzer, Janet & Peterson, Meredith
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance: A Primer

Description: This report provides information related to health insurance. The content includes what it is, why is it needed, health insurance regulation, and how are private health benefits delivered and financed.
Date: January 17, 2006
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: Current Issues and Background

Description: This report provides an overview of the current Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) program, how the program has changed over time, and general background on the issue.
Date: May 31, 2007
Creator: Webel, Baird
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance: A Primer

Description: This report provides information related to health insurance. The content includes what it is, why is it needed, health insurance regulation, and how are private health benefits delivered and financed.
Date: January 25, 2007
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Crop Insurance: Background

Description: This report provides a primer on the federal crop insurance program.
Date: December 12, 2013
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance: A Primer

Description: This report provides information related to health insurance. The content includes what it is, why is it needed, health insurance regulation, and how are private health benefits delivered and financed.
Date: January 8, 2015
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette & Uberoi, Namrata K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Terrorism Risk Insurance Program: Current Issues, Legislation, and Background

Description: This report provides an overview of the current Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) of 2002, which creates a temporary three-year program to share future insured terrorism losses with the property-casualty insurance industry and commercials policyholders. The report also provides general background on the issue, and a summary of current legislation.
Date: November 2, 2007
Creator: Webel, Baird
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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California Wildfires: The Role of Disaster Insurance

Description: This report discusses the tragic consequences of the wildfires that struck Southern California in October 2007, which have given renewed attention to the partnership between private providers of disaster insurance and the federal government. It also discusses the role of disaster insurance in that incident.
Date: October 25, 2007
Creator: King, Rawle O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Insurance Regulation: Major Interest Groups

Description: This report is intended to assist in understanding the issues inherent in creating a federal system of insurance regulation by providing some insight into the interests of organizations most involved in the issue.
Date: April 7, 2008
Creator: Webel, Baird
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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State Children’s Health Insurance Program: An Overview

Description: This report describes the basic elements of CHIP, focusing on how the program is designed, who is eligible, what services are covered, how enrollees share in the cost of care, and how the program is financed. The report ends with a brief discussion of the future of CHIP.
Date: March 20, 2015
Creator: Baumrucker, Evelyne P. & Mitchell, Alison
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health: Catastrophic Health insurance

Description: This report is about catastrophic health insurances.
Date: March 3, 1980
Creator: O'Sullivan, Jennifer
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Independent Payment Advisory Board

Description: This report which provides an overview of the Board, begins with a discussion of the rationale behind the creation of an independent Medicare board and briefly reviews prior proposals for similar boards and commissions.
Date: November 30, 2010
Creator: Newman, David & Davis, Christopher M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Medicaid and Outpatient Hospital Services

Description: This report provides an overview of the medicaid and outpatient hospital services.
Date: October 9, 2008
Creator: Herz, Elicia J. & Tilson, Sibyl
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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