The cornerstone of the new plan is an innovative mechanism to promote real consumer choice. The legislation creates a health insurance “Connector,” a marketplace in which individuals can shop for and buy health care coverage from competing health insurers.

recent article from Heritage 

The key to the Massachusetts plan is a new way of organizing the marketplace to enable consumers to compare and purchase health insurance plans.

from Heritage.org

…Linsky described it as a “collaborative approach” to securing health care for every citizen in the Commonwealth.

from the Natick Bulletin and Tab,

The debate comes as the number of uninsured people in the USA is estimated at 46 million — many of them working adults —

from USA Today

Some plans come with a health savings account (HSA) that can build up to become a tidy nest egg over time if you don’t spend those funds every year.

from Forbes