The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Risk Adjustment Program: Frequently Asked Questions.

The article presents a report of the U.S. Congressional Research Services on the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) Risk Adjustment Program. Topics discussed include aims of the act to reduce incentives that insurers may have to avoid enrolling individuals at risk of high health care costs in the private health insurance market; permanent risk adjustment program as established by ACA; and role of risk adjustment in risk mitigation.