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Massachusetts Health Insurance Exchange Offers Insight into Facilitating Small-Group Employer Participation [1]

By providing access to more affordable health insurance, health insurance exchanges may be one mechanism to reduce the number of uninsured individuals in the United States. A critical factor in developing robust exchanges is active participation by the small-group market.

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HCFO Study Snapshot Massachusetts 2012 date.pdf [2]
December 2012
HCFO
Grants: 
Examining Employers' Use of Massachusetts' Health Insurance Exchange to Inform Best Strategies Nationally Under the Affordable Care Act [3]
Topic: 
Insurance Coverage [4]
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Legal and Regulatory Environment [5]

Study Snapshot: In Health Care Spending, Americans Who Make the Least Contribute the Greatest Share of Income [6]

Health care costs consume a growing percent of the U.S. gross domestic product and individuals pay all costs, either through taxes, reduced wages, or direct out-of-pocket and premium payments. In a recent HCFO-funded study, researchers explored the distribution of the individual family’s financial burden from the combination of public and private health care spending.

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HCFO_KetscheOnePager2012_date.pdf [7]
October 2012
HCFO
Grants: 
The Incidence of Financing National Health Spending [8]
Topic: 
Costs and Cost Containment [9]
Topic: 
Disparities [10]
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Legal and Regulatory Environment [5]
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Vulnerable Populations [11]
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[1] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/massachusetts-health-insurance-exchange-offers-insight-facilitating-small-group-employe
[2] http://www.hcfo.org/files/hcfo/HCFO Study Snapshot Massachusetts 2012 date.pdf
[3] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/examining-employers-use-massachusetts-health-insurance-exchange-inform-best-strategies-nation
[4] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/insurance-coverage
[5] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/legal-and-regulatory-environment
[6] http://www.hcfo.org/publications/health-care-spending-americans-who-make-least-contribute-greatest-share-income
[7] http://www.hcfo.org/files/hcfo/HCFO_KetscheOnePager2012_date.pdf
[8] http://www.hcfo.org/grants/incidence-financing-national-health-spending
[9] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/costs-and-cost-containment
[10] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/disparities
[11] http://www.hcfo.org/topics/vulnerable-populations
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