Large Employers' Perspective on Health Reform

In the latest edition of Health Affairs, National Business Group on Health President Helen Darling describes the large employer perspective on health reform.  While the new law may indeed provide health insurance coverage to scores of Americans who were not previously covered, large employers are faced with new administrative and financing burdens.  Large employers, in addition, may have to deal with low-wage workers opting-out of employer-sponsored coverage and receiving coverage through new health insurance exchanges.  Ms. Darling, moreover, asserts that the public sector must work with the private sector to drive delivery system reform and ensure the success of cost containment efforts.

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