title: Employer-Sponsored Insurance Offers: Largely Stable In 2014 Following ACA Implementation.
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.
authors: Jean Abraham (abrah042@umn.edu) is an associate professor of health policy and management at the University of Minnesota, in Minneapolis.
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authors: Anne B. Royalty is a professor of economics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
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authors: Coleman Drake is a doctoral candidate in health policy and management at the University of Minnesota.
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Access To Care; Employer-Based System < Insurance; Financing Health Care; Health Reform