Inquiry - Excellus Health Plan
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Allowing small businesses and the self-employed to buy health care coverage through public programs [статья]
Опубликовано на портале: 27-02-2004
Sara Rosenbaum, Phyllis C. Borzi, Vernon L. Smith
Inquiry - Excellus Health Plan.
2001.
Vol. 38.
No. 2.
P. 193-195.
The large number of uninsured working Americans and the extent of public support enjoyed by employment-based health insurance argues for a coverage initiative that fosters access to affordable benefits through employment. A proposal which reflects models in both Massachusetts and Michigan is described: it entails the development of publicly organized and subsidized group health insurance for small firms with low-wage workers. States would provide overall administration and subsidies to both employers and employees. The program would be a legislative extension of the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), with federal financing to participating states at each respective SCHIP rate.
