Is insurance for catastrophic medical expenses an appropriate Federal activity?

The beneficiaries would buy private insurance to pay catastrophic medical expenses.

Employers and insurers often share the risk of paying for catastrophic medical expenses, he added.

What most of us really want is true insurance, against major, catastrophic expenses.

The government would also pay for all catastrophic medical expenses of more than $6,000 a year.

All the competing plans offer generous coverage above a certain level of spending for those with catastrophic expenses.

It would protect everyone against catastrophic medical expenses, a particular help to the chronically ill.

No one in America should have to bear the burden of catastrophic medical expenses.

At a minimum, under our plan, the insurance policy would have to cover so-called catastrophic expenses.

This shift occurred because many people now have insurance coverage for catastrophic medical expenses only.