Health insurance coverage and self-employment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-employed workers are 10% of the US labor force, with growth projected over the next decade. Whether existing policy mechanisms are sufficient to ensure health insurance coverage for self-employed workers, who do not have access to employer-sponsored coverage, is unclear.

Objective

To determine whether self-employment is associated with lack of health insurance coverage.

Data sources

Secondary analysis of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data collected 2014-2017.

Study design

Participants were working age (18-64 years), employed, civilian noninstitutionalized US adults with two years of Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) participation in 2014-2017. We compared those who were employees vs those who were self-employed. Key outcomes were

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7968939 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature