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Testimony to the House Committee on Small Business on Insurance Concentration in the Small Group Market

Written By: Greg Scandlen
Published In: CHCC Report > CHCC Reports
Publication date: 10/25/2007
Publisher: Consumers for Health Care Choice

The market for health insurance for small employers is dysfunctional, offering very few choices, very high prices, little innovation, and poor service. It is the result of two decades of deliberate policy by state regulators to “stabilize” this market down to three or four vendors. We need more competition and more innovation in this market.