A new study finds employer-sponsored health plans aren't going anywhere—at least for another few years.

Amid the debate over what impact the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will have on employee health coverage, the survey out from the Midwest Business Group on Health found employers say it will be "business as usual in their approaches to health benefits."

The group polled employers around the country to gather information on their strategic thinking in planning for 2013-2018 to prepare and position their organizations for complying with the PPACA now that it's been upheld by the Supreme Court. Employer size of those surveyed ranged from companies with more than 5,000 employees, to mid-size companies with 1,001 to 5,000 workers and smaller companies with fewer than 1,000 workers.

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