Health Insurance Connectors & Exchanges

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The Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, or “The Connector,” is one of the unique features of the 2006 comprehensive Massachusetts health care reform law that has sparked nationwide attention. The Connector is a structure designed by policymakers in Massachusetts to facilitate the purchase of affordable, high-quality health insurance by small businesses and individuals without access to employer-sponsored health and features of the Commonwealth’s Connector may not work for every state, it may serve as a model or prototype that other states can adapt market conditions