How Will Health Care Reform Affect Costs and Coverage? Examples from Five States
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• mandatory expansion of Medicaid programs to cover individuals in households with incomes below 133 percent of the federal poverty level ($14,484 for a single person and $29,726 for a family of four in 2010) • a requirement that states develop and run health insurance exchanges through which individuals and small businesses can purchase health care coverage • a provision that large and mid-sized employers —including state governments—must provide qualifying coverage to employees or face the possibility of penalties • a requirement that most individuals purchase or otherwise obtain coverage.1
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