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pool

noun alliance, amalgamation, bank, cartel, collaboration, collective, collectivism, combination, combination of funds, combine, common fund, common ownership, community of possession, confederacy, consolidation, consortium, cooperation, cosharing, federation, joint concern, joint ownership, joint possession, league, mutual ownership, partnership, syndicate, trust, unification, union
Associated concepts: insolvency pool, involuntary market pool, mortgage pool, stock pool

pool

verb affiliate with, ally, amalgamate, associate, band together, blend, collaborate, combine, confederate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, coordinate, enter into parttership with, federate, involve together, league, merge, mix, share, unify, unite
Associated concepts: pooling of assets

POOL. A small lake of standing water.
2. By the grant of a pool, it is said, both the land and water will pass. Co. Litt. 5. Vide Stagnum; Water. Undoubtedly the right to fish, and probably the right to use hydraulic works, will be acquired by such grant. 2 N. Hamps. Rep. 259; An on Wat. Courses, 47; Plowd. 161; Vaugh. 103; Bac. Ab. Grants, H 3; Com. Dig. Grant, E 5; 5 Cowen, 216; Cro. Jac. 150; 1 Lev. 44; Co. Litt. 5.

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The MacArthur amendment does not appear to set any minimum federal standards for the MacArthur-waiver state risk pools, the MacArthur-waiver invisible risk pool program or the MacArthur-waiver state essential health benefits packages.

House Posts New AHCA Bill Packet, Prepares for Floor Vote

Linking exchange stability to risk pools, potential premium hikes at the end of this year could strongly discourage young adults from signing up and push those currently enrolled but of unstable means back into the ranks of the uninsured, thus increasing the pressure to increase premiums even more (Bloomberg & Holuhan, 2016).

Election 2016: where are we with the affordable care act?

In Australia, the government set up a risk pool -- the Australian Reinsurance Pool Corporation -- for terrorism insurance made up of premiums, commercial lines of credit and indemnities from the government.

Lebanon needs a political violence risk pool

The acquisition of one risk pool by another has many implications that the Bureau of Securities is now investigating.

How the LGC lost its appeal

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) provide PCIP risk pool services for residents.

Why is the Federal Risk Pool Program so costly?

7% allocation from the risk pools of schemes needed debate.

Medical aids pass on drug costs

The National Association of State Comprehensive Health Insurance Plans (NASCHIP) was formed in 1993 and represents high risk pool plans across the United States.

Federalism, intergovernmental relations, and the challenge of the medically uninsurable: a retrospective on high risk pools in the states

Early indications are that Kansas DMIE participants receiving Medicaid-like coverage are experiencing less decline in their overall health than a control group receiving standard risk pool coverage.

Staying healthy to stay in the workforce: the role of health insurance

But if a public risk pool is using a TPA and has a feeling that something isn't tight, that the answers in specific claims don't make sense, it's almost a lock that something isn't right, she says.

A case in context: despite the strict standards written into many TPA contracts, the various legal avenues available should the relationship sour, and the sometimes uneasy relationships between public insurance pools and their TPA, it's still the insurance pool risk manager who is responsible for minding the store

So this is a win-win situation for patients - the higher the performance, the less the risk to them and the smaller the sum of money needed for the risk pool.

Standards keep NHS insurance healthy

Premium Increases and Disenrollment from State Risk Pools.

High-risk pools for uninsurable individuals: recent growth, future prospects

This approach would assemble and manage risk pools to ensure access, maintain stability, lower costs, and greatly reduce the risk premium deviations in the market.