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Access to Health Insurance: Public and Private Employers' Experience With Purchasing Cooperatives

HEHS-94-142 Published: May 31, 1994. Publicly Released: Jun 14, 1994.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed health insurance purchasing cooperatives, focusing on: (1) the various forms of existing cooperatives; and (2) how existing cooperatives' functions, organization, and governance relate to national reform proposals.

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Administrative costsEmployee medical benefitsHealth care cost controlHealth care servicesHealth insuranceHealth insurance cost controlHealth maintenance organizationsInsurance premiumsPrivate sectorState-administered programsMedicaid