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In addition to the ideas favored by the insurers, the alternatives included levying a national tax to pay for uncompensated care, increasing federal subsidies to help people purchase health insurance, encouraging credit-ratings firms to use health-insurance status in determining ratings, and expanding employers' roles in enrolling people in insurance plans.