Declines in employer-sponsored insurance between 2000 and 2008: examining the components of coverage by firm size.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage rates and its associated components between 2000 and 2008, to provide a baseline for later evaluations of the Affordable Care Act, and to provide information to policy makers as they design the implementation details of the law.

Data sources

Private sector employer data from the 2000, 2001, and 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component (MEPS-IC).

Study design

We examine time trends in employer offer, eligibility, and take-up rates. We add a new dimension to the literature by examining dependent coverage and decomposing its trends. We investigate heterogeneity in trends by firm size.

Data collection

The MEPS-IC is an annual survey, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare R

SUBMITTER: Vistnes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3423174 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature