"The individual [health insurance]

... market is growing fairly significantly with the expansion of Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and the exchanges. That gives [provider-sponsored health plans] a competitive advantage because they're [insuring] the same people that are coming to them for services."

— Bill Copeland, national industry leader at Deloitte LLP and author of a new report on provider-sponsored health plans, told AIS's Inside Health Insurance Exchanges.