countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child …

. 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 …

Are early retiree health benefits (RHBs) a form of deferred compensation that binds workers to an employer? Most …). -- Tax Subsidies ; Health Insurance ; Retirement ; Employee Benefits ; Deferred Compensation ; Compensation Methods …

This paper presents findings from the 2008-2013 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey … (CEHCS) as well as the 2006 and 2007 EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Surveys. It examines the availability … of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) and health savings account (HSA)-eligible plans (consumer-driven health plans …

Are early retiree health benefits (RHBs) a form of deferred compensation that binds workers to an employer? Most …

Because employer-sponsored programs are the predominate means by which most non-elderly Americans are covered by health … rural and metro economies. We examine factors influencing the costs employers face in providing health insurance to their … decision to offer health insurance to their workers. Overall, we find that costs, rather than either firm-level characteristics …

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 …

, were covered by employment-based health benefits. Fifteen percent were covered by Medicaid or the State Children’s Health …This paper examines changes in health coverage among workers during the recession that started in December 2007. Data … from the Survey of Income and Program Participation are used to examine health coverage prior to the recession, and as …

This paper presents findings from the 2008-2012 EBRI/MGA Consumer Engagement in Health Care Survey (CEHCS) and the 2006 … and 2007 EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Surveys. It examines the availability of health reimbursement … arrangements (HRAs) and health savings account (HSA)-eligible plans (consumer-driven health plans, or CDHPs), as well as employer …

benefits as a criterion in choosing a job remains high, and health insurance in particular continues to be, by far, the most … the health benefits they have now and prefer not to change the mix of benefits and wages. Three-quarters (73 percent …) report that they are satisfied with the health benefits they currently receive while 15 percent say they would trade wages to …