The economic burden of providing health insurance : how much worse off are small firms? / / Christine Eibner.
More than 60 percent of non-elderly Americans receive health-insurance (HI) coverage through employers, either as policyholders or as dependents. However, rising health-care costs are leading many to question the long-term viability of the employer-based insurance system. Concerns about the economic...
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| Superior document: | Rand Corporation technical report series ; TR-559-EMKF |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Technical report (Rand Corporation) ;
TR-559-EMKF. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (81 p.) |
| Notes: | "This research was conducted within the Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy in the Rand Institute for Civil Justice"--Pref. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Motivation; Approach; Overview of This Report; Chapter Two - Data; Chapter Three - Methods; Chapter Four - Results; Employer Health-Insurance Burdens; Sensitivity Analyses With Very Small Firms; Plan Quality; Chapter Five - Limitations; Chapter Six - Discussion; Overall Results; Growth in Health-Insurance Burden at Small Firms; Differences Between Small and Large Firms; Distribution of Health-Insurance Burden Among Offering Firms; Components of Employer Cost Burden
- Insurance-Offer Rates Chapter Seven - Conclusion; Appendix - Supporting Data; References