Posted on July 20, 2011 11:36
Categories: State and Local | Employer and Individual Insurance
Topics: Employer-Sponsored Coverage | Health Care Reform | Legislation (National) | State Data
On June 21, RWJF released a state-by-state analysis finding that the percentage of Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage declined from 69 percent to 61 percent from 1999/2000 to 2008/2009. Prepared by the University of Minnesota’s State Health Access Data Assistance Center, the brief found significant variance among states in the prevalence, availability, and cost of employer-sponsored coverage. As implementation of the national health care reform law advances, the authors suggest that policymakers analyze its effects on employer-sponsored coverage at the state level, particularly dependent coverage.
From the report:
This report examines state-level trends in employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and the factors that influence ESI. Most nonelderly Americans who have health insurance are covered through an employer, and ESI will continue to be a major source of health insurance even after 2014, when major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that expand Medicaid and provide subsidies for the purchase of private coverage through health insurance exchanges are fully implemented. In addition to reviewing recent trends, this report establishes a state-level baseline for monitoring key trends in ESI into the future.
Full Report: State-Level Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance (PDF | 1.54 MB)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2011). State-level trends in employer-sponsored health insurance.
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