Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act : estimates of the effect on the prevalence of employer-sponsored health care coverage : report to the Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, U.S. Senate.

Buffalo, New York : William S. Hein & Co., Inc., 2013.

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United States. -- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Employer-sponsored health insurance.

Health care reform -- United States.

Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Health insurance -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Letter: Background, Microsimulation models predicted little near-term change in employer-sponsored coverage, but other studies and employer surveys varied more widely; Differences in key assumptions and consideration of PPACA provisions likely contributed to variation in estimates among studies using similar techniques; Employer surveys suggest that PPACA may have a larger effect on small employers and certain employee populations and prompt some employers to change benefit designs; External comments

Appendix I: Studies reviewed by GAO

Appendix II: GAO contact and staff acknowledgements

Table: Table I: Employer survey results regarding percentage of employers likely to drop coverage for employees in the near term

Figures: Figure 1: Microsimulation model predictions of near-term changes in employer-sponsored coverage as a results of PPACA; Table 2: Effect of PPACA on employer-sponsored coverage with and without the individual mandate.

"July 2012" ; GAO-12-768

Originally published: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Accountability Office, [c2012].

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