Employer-Sponsored Insurance Offers: Largely Stable In 2014 Following ACA Implementation

Jean Abraham; Anne B Royalty; Coleman Drake

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0631

Employer-Sponsored Insurance Offers: Largely Stable In 2014 Following ACA Implementation

Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Nov 1;35(11):2133-2137. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0631.

Authors

Jean Abraham¹, Anne B Royalty², Coleman Drake³

Affiliations

¹ Jean Abraham (abrah042@umn.edu) is an associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis.
² Anne B. Royalty is a professor of economics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
³ Coleman Drake is a doctoral candidate in health policy and management at the University of Minnesota.

PMID: 27784722
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0631

Abstract

Affordable Care Act provisions implemented in 2014 could have influenced employers' decisions to offer health insurance. Using data for 2014 from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component, we found little change in employer-sponsored health insurance offerings: More than 95 percent of employers either continued offering coverage or continued not offering it between 2013 and 2014. Fewer than 3.5 percent of employers dropped coverage, and 1.1 percent added coverage.

Keywords: Access To Care; Employer-Based System < Insurance; Financing Health Care; Health Reform.

Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Health Benefit Plans, Employee / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Insurance Coverage / statistics & numerical data*
Insurance, Health / statistics & numerical data*
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / legislation & jurisprudence
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States