Want fair and affordable health insurance for the uninsured? Ask the public to design it
14th Nov 2006, 14:49 GMT
From Massachusetts to Hawaii, states, counties and cities are working on ways to provide new health insurance options to the uninsured. But how should those plans be designed? A new study reveals a promising approach: Let the public decide. Grassroots decisions about what's fair, and what's affordable, may lead to coverage that will be acceptable to participants -- and less costly than average plans.
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