Workers' health insurance: trends, issues, and options to expand coverage

Workers' health insurance: trends, issues, and options to expand coverage

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Fronstin, Paul, author
Contributor(s):
Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
Commonwealth Fund. Commission on a High Performance Health System, issuing body.
Publication:
[New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, March 2006
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Benefit Plans, Employee -- trends
Insurance Coverage -- trends
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
In recent years, employer-sponsored health insurance has been eroding. An increasing number of working adults are without health insurance coverage, and forecasts indicate continuing declines in coverage. To reverse these trends and expand coverage for workers and their families, a range of public and private policy options are under discussion. The approaches vary in the extent to which they would build on the employment-based system, adapt the non-group or individual market, or expand public programs. Many health coverage expansion policies would combine public and private approaches. Proposals in the 109th Congress address four major options: expansion of tax credits; creation of new federal-state roles in regulating insurance markets; expansion of purchasing options for small firms; and expansion of public programs for the under-65 population.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (iv, 18 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101273459 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101273459