The economic burden of providing health insurance [[electronic resource] ] : how much worse off are small firms? / / Christine Eibner

• Autore: Eibner Christine
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (81 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.25/540973
• Soggetto topico: Employer-sponsored health insurance - United States - Costs; Small business - Employees - Medical care - United States - Costs
• Soggetto geografico: United States Strategic aspects
• Altri autori: DavisPaul K. <1943->
• Note generali: "This research was conducted within the Kauffman-Rand Institute for Entrepreneurship Public Policy in the Rand Institute for Civil Justice"--Pref.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-62).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 larger firms to offer HI and more sensitive to price when deciding to offer insurance. Small firms may have difficulty containing costs due to their limited bargaining power and their inability to hir
• Titolo autorizzato: The economic burden of providing health insurance
• ISBN: 1-281-73676-7; 9786611736767; 0-8330-4502-4; 0-8330-4782-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220160003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; ; TR-559-EMKF.