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The Lewin Group’s National & State Analyses of the July 15 Draft of the American Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

The Heritage Foundation commissioned The Lewin Group, a highly respected health care policy and management consulting firm, to examine the impact of the American Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200).

Among other provisions, the bill would create a new public plan, modeled on Medicare, to compete with private health plans in a newly established health insurance exchange. In addition to national results, Lewin produced local level impacts of the draft legislation for a select group of states, which include Maine, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Virginia. (more…)

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