This paper examines the state of employment-based health benefits, updating prior EBRI research that examined trends in coverage on a monthly basis, over the time period from December 1995 to July 2011. Examining these data on a monthly basis allows a more accurate identification of changes in...

This paper presents Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's March 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) on the health insurance status of the near elderly, adults ages 55-64. EBRI's estimates reveal that adults ages 55-64 were one of two groups - the...

This paper examines whether offering a health savings account (HSA)-eligible health plan for free, alongside other health plan options with a premium, alters employee enrollment choices; and if responders differ by health status. The data for this study come from two large employers and cover...