title: Finance issue brief: mandated benefits: an overview.
abstract: Do mandates cost insurers, employers or policyholders more money?  If so, who should pay? While many enrollees and some legislators argue that mandating coverage is necessary to ensure adequate benefits, insurers claim that the state laws requiring them to provide coverage for specified procedures, drugs or screenings increase premiums.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Plaza
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007342:Insurance Benefits / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States