title: Reducing state employee health insurance costs.
abstract: (1) States and their employees spent $30.7 billion on health insurance premiums for state employees in 2013. (2) State employee health plan cost-sharing arrangements and premiums vary widely by state. (3) Across all sectors, employer-provided health insurance costs doubled from 1992 to 2012.
authors.affiliation: National Conference of State Legislatures, NCSL--Denver, USA.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tobler
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000191:economics*; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States