This Issue Brief examines 1996‒2016 trends in the availability of and enrollment in self-insured health plans among private-sector establishments offering health plans and their covered workers, with a particular focus on 2013 to 2016, so as to assess whether the Patient Protection and...

This paper considers the lessons learned in the evolution of 401(k) plan design, where the objectives are a high level of participation, a high level of worker contribution, a diversified approach to investing, sufficient asset accumulation to enable retirement, and not outliving one's assets....

This paper reviews recent trends in coverage for workers by part-time status and firm size. It examines data from the Census Bureau’s most recent Current Population Survey, and is designed to provide a base line for measuring future trends once the 2014 health coverage mandate in PPACA takes...