4 pages. Excerpt: Many states are interested in reinsurance as a strategy to maintain or increase health insurance coverage. SCI's October 2004 Issue Brief, The Role of Reinsurance in State Efforts to ExpandCoverage, concluded that reinsurance programs must be built carefully in order to achieve this goal. This In Focus is designed as a supplemental technical guide for state policymakers who are interested in usingreinsurance to expand or maintain health insurance.