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The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) reforms led to significant coverage gains, including in the small-business community. While there is clear value in offering health insurance to recruit and retain employees, small businesses have historically struggled to provide coverage to their workers. With this in mind, the ACA established the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), creating state and federal marketplaces for small employers to offer employees a range of qualified health plans. But the SHOP marketplaces have seen lackluster enrollment, and today most do not offer an online platform.        
Source: The Commonwealth Fund: Blog - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: blogs