Employers increasingly support a public option for healthcare plans

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Skyrocketing healthcare costs have employers coming on board with more affordable solutions, namely a public option for their healthcare plans.

A new survey by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions has reported that nearly half of employers have a favorable view of a Medicare public option for their employees. Employers are especially supportive if the public option is universally available to all employees in the U.S.

Deanna Cuadra
Senior Reporter

Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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