Small-Group Purchasing

Recent Publications

State and Local Initiatives to Enhance Health Coverage for the Working Uninsured. Prepared for The Commonwealth Fund, November 2000, by Sharon Silow-Carroll, Stephanie E. Anthony, and Jack A. Meyer, Economic and Social Research Institute. Brief descriptions of state and local initiatives to expand health coverage for uninsured working people and their families. The sketches illustrate the many ways that states and local communities can make coverage more affordable and accessible to this vulnerable population, with a primary focus on initiatives that promote employment-based health insurance. Also included are examples of coverage initiatives not targeted solely to employers or employees but that enroll many working uninsured individuals. Available through The Commonwealth Fund by calling their toll-free publications line at 1-888-777-2744 and ordering publication #424 or through their website in the section on health insurance, the uninsured.

Barriers to Small-Group Purchasing Cooperatives: Purchasing Health Coverage for Small Employers. Elliot K. Wicks, Mark A. Hall, and Jack A. Meyer. Prepared under a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, March 2000. An investigation to determine why health purchasing cooperatives have not been more successful in terms of gaining a substantial share of the small-group insurance market. Based on interviews with purchasing cooperative administrators, insurance executives, insurance regulators, and insurance agents in six sites. Includes policy alternatives for helping cooperatives achieve "critical mass" size. The report is available in PDF format and can be viewed on-line or downloaded.It can also be ordered at no cost for single copies by sending an email request to esri@esresearch.org, or if you do not have email, call 202 833-8877 Ex.10.

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