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Minimum Acceptable Risk Standards for Exchanges (MARS-E) 2.0

Guidance for : This Informational Bulletin is intended to introduce the publication of the MARS-E 2.0 suite of documents which replaces the MARS-E 1.0 document suite, published in August 2012. The information in the MARS-E document suite addresses the mandates of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

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Final

Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: September 23, 2015

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