Federal Association Health Plans: Will this Proposal Remedy the Health Insurance Crisis?

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 167-173

  Kofman, Mila ^a   Polzer, Karl ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

association health plans (AHPs); employer based health insurance; federal association health plans; health insurance; health insurance premiums; multiple employer welfare arrangements (MEWAs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993791813     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154404266579     Document Type: Article

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