Want to better understand the benefits, trade-offs, and design considerations of offering a public option to employers? These resources include discussions of federal- and state-level proposals for an employer public option.

• What the Data Say About Offering Public Option Plans to Workers with Employer-Sponsored Insurance (Center on Health Insurance Reforms, 2022)
• Increasing Subsidies and Expanding Health Insurance Options in Connecticut (RAND, 2022)
• A Public Option for Employer Health Plans (University of Pennsylvania School of Law, 2021)
• Introducing a Public Option or Capped Provider Payment Rates into Concentrated Insurer and Hospital Markets (Urban Institute, 2021)
• Introducing a Public Option or Capped Provider Payment Rates into Private Insurance Markets: Updated Estimates (Urban Institute, 2021)
• Public Option and Capped Provider Payment Rate Proposals That Exempt Rural Areas (Urban Institute, 2021)
• Capping Prices or Creating a Public Option: How Would They Change What We Pay for Health Care?  (USC-Brookings, 2020)
• Economic Headwinds and a Public Option (American Action Forum, 2020)
• Estimating the Impact of a Public Option or Capping Provider Payment Rates (Urban Institute, 2020)
• Introducing a Public Option or Provider Payment Rates into Private Insurance Markets (Urban Institute, 2020)
• The Impact of Medicare-X Choice on Coverage, Healthcare Use, and Hospitals (KNG Health Consulting, LLC, 2019)