This paper examines data from the SHRM/EBRI 2014 Health Benefits Survey. The survey was conducted in February and March … understand changes to employer-sponsored health coverage in 2015. Plan sponsors -- especially larger employers -- usually have a … sense of the changes they are going to make to their health benefits a year early, as it takes time to prepare such …

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) enacted March 23, 2010, requires that group health plans and … employment-based health plans, many insurers adopted the requirements of the law before the effective date. This paper reviews … Income and Program Participation (SIPP) are examined, as well as data from the Center for Disease Control’s National Health …

This paper examines public opinion surrounding employment-based health coverage. Data come from the Employee Benefit … Research Institute and Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc. 2012 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), which examines a broad spectrum … of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with health care, confidence in the future of the nation …

. A recent decision by United Parcel Service to eliminate health benefits for spouses who were eligible for coverage … through their own employer may be a tipping point in employment-based health benefits, in part due to provisions in the … equal, do spouses use more health services and cost more to cover? This report conducts a novel analysis that addresses this …

This paper updates previous estimates by the Employee Benefit Research Institute on savings needed to cover health … insurance premiums and health care expenses in retirement. Much like EBRI's 2012 report, this analysis finds that the savings … percent of the cost of health care services for Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older, while out-of-pocket spending …

, premiums and other health expenses in retirement. For the purposes of this study, health expenses include premiums for Medicare … savings to cover health care expenses in retirement. If they wanted a 90 percent chance of having enough savings, the man …,000 if they had a goal of having a 50 percent chance of having enough savings to cover health care expenses in retirement. If …

Managed competition and a health insurance exchange appear to be the primary proposed vehicles for expanding Americans …' access to health insurance coverage. For managed competition to work, most analysts agree that a number of components will … health insurance exchange for the purpose of addressing cost, quality, and access to health care services. It discusses …

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 … the two employers eliminated employee premiums for the HSA-eligible health plan. As a result of eliminating premiums for …

This paper examines fundamental tax reform as it relates to employment-based health benefits and health insurance. It … focuses on the specifics of the Bush proposal, but the issues apply to the overall concept of changing the way health … insurance is taxed. It summarizes the current tax treatment of health benefits, presents the details of changing the current tax …

This paper examines the notion that employers have reached a tipping point over health costs and will cease offering … health care benefits to their workers. In the end, an evaluation of recent data does not suggest that the end of employment …-based health benefits is upon us. However, the message from some associations representing employers is that the existing …