This Issue Brief provides data on employment-based health insurance, with a discussion of
recent trends and how sponsorship rates, offer rates, coverage rates, and take-up rates vary …

Employment-based health insurance is the Rodney Dangerfield of health policy: it gets no
respect from anyone. Liberal enthusiasts of a onepayor system view the existence of …

The April 1993 CPS differs from the March 1993 CPS in a number of respects. The April 1993
CPS supplement surveys only workers, whereas the March CPS examines the noncash …

Background Obese workers incur greater health care costs than normal weight workers.
Possibly viewed by employers as an increased financial risk, they may be at a disadvantage in …

Among the leading developed nations, the United States was the only country that did not
provide at least basic health insurance coverage to nearly all of its citizens in 1997. Twenty-…

Most of the uninsured are either workers or family members of workers, and most Americans
who are covered get their health insurance through the workplace. These facts motivate our …

A firm’s decision to drop the offer of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI), reduce eligibility
for ESI, or significantly increase employee costs would have serious implications for the …

can be proud of the many accomplishments of our health care system. The Unites States is
the world leader in basic medical research and technology. Life expectancies continue to …

This paper presents findings from the 2000 Small Employer Health Benefits Survey. The
survey examines a number of issues related to small employers (between two and 50 workers) …

A primary reason for the increase in uninsured Americans is due to the rising costs of health
care that has caused a decline of employment‐based coverage for individuals working for …