title: Use of subsidies to low-income people for coverage through small employers.
abstract: If tax credits or other public subsidies are made available only for health insurance that is not employment-based, serious erosion of employer coverage could result. To prevent this, public subsidies targeted to low-income workers and families could be applied in ways that broaden employer coverage for low-income workers and their families by encouraging small employers with largely low-wage workforces to offer and partially fund health coverage for their workers. To accomplish this, such employers--very few of which now provide health coverage--must be allowed to contribute much less than normally required in the commercial market.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Policy Solutions, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Ed
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Neuschler
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Curtis
mesh_terms: D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007183:Income Tax / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011203:Poverty / Q000191:economics*; D019464:Tax Exemption; D014481:United States