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UNINA9910220160003321 |
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Eibner Christine |
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The economic burden of providing health insurance : how much worse off are small firms? / / Christine Eibner |
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Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-73676-7 |
9786611736767 |
0-8330-4502-4 |
0-8330-4782-5 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (81 p.) |
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Collana |
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Rand Corporation technical report series ; ; TR-559-EMKF |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Employer-sponsored health insurance - United States - Costs |
Small business - Employees - Medical care - United States - Costs |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"This research was conducted within the Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy in the Rand Institute for Civil Justice"--Pref. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter One - Introduction; Background; Motivation; Approach; Overview of This Report; Chapter Two - Data; Chapter Three - Methods; Chapter Four - Results; Employer Health-Insurance Burdens; Sensitivity Analyses With Very Small Firms; Plan Quality; Chapter Five - Limitations; Chapter Six - Discussion; Overall Results; Growth in Health-Insurance Burden at Small Firms; Differences Between Small and Large Firms; Distribution of Health-Insurance Burden Among Offering Firms; Components of Employer Cost Burden |
Insurance-Offer Rates Chapter Seven - Conclusion; Appendix - Supporting Data; References |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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More than 60 percent of non-elderly Americans receive health-insurance (HI) coverage through employers, either as policyholders or as dependents. However, rising health-care costs are leading many to question the long-term viability of the employer-based insurance system. Concerns about the economic burden of providing HI are particularly acute for small businesses, which are both less likely than |
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