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Policy Initiatives For Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

Generations of Americans have grown up with the notion that health insurance for working adults and their families comes by way of their employment. The papers in this section start with this premise as well. They acknowledge that this coverage has been fraying at the edges. The questions they ask include how and why it is fraying and what fixes might restore and increase employers’ and employees’ participation. Should the remedies come from states or the federal government, and what kinds of regulatory and legal hurdles will they face?

First, Thomas Selden and Bradley Gray examine the workings of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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