For now, at least, large and midsize employers may be more interested in increasing the use of health account programs than getting health insurance for active employees from exchanges. 

Analysts at the Benfield Group and Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) have reported that finding in a summary of a recent online survey of 111 employers.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) calls for state and federal agencies to set up a network of health insurance exchanges, or Web-based insurance supermarkets, for individuals and small employers by 2014.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.