Why are workers uninsured? Employer-sponsored health insurance in 1997.
Health Aff (Millwood)
; 18(2): 213-8, 1999.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-10091450
ABSTRACT
This study examines the number of workers in firms offering employee health plans, the number of workers eligible for such plans, and participation in employer-sponsored insurance. Data from the February 1997 Contingent Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey indicate that 10.1 million workers are employed by firms offering insurance but are not eligible. Not all of these workers are eligible for coverage, most often because of hours of work. Our results indicate that 11.4 million workers rejected coverage when it was offered. Of those, 2.5 million workers were uninsured. Workers cited high cost of insurance most often as the primary factor for refusing coverage.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Medically Uninsured
/
Employment
/
Health Benefit Plans, Employee
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
/
Equity_inequality
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Health Aff (Millwood)
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos