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Published on: 3/3/2009
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"It's better to have a plan with no mandates, rather than have no plan at all," said James Stenger, chair of the New Jersey Small Employer Health Benefits Board and principal owner of NAS Financial Services, a Morristown-based agency marketing insurance products to brokers.
Stenger, who was a panelist at the symposium, said the state should empower the insurance industry to deliver more cost-efficient plans that don't include mandates.
In the alternative, the pressures of the current economy might compel many employers to withdraw health insurance benefits, he said.
The board he chairs represents the interests of the small-group market, made up of businesses with 2 to 50 employees, and includes representatives from government agencies and insurers.
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Joseph F. Vitale (D-Woodbridge) to take the agenda of reforms to a multi-industry dialogue, according to Munoz and Stenger.