This interactive tool illustrates the premiums and subsidies for those who purchase coverage on their own through an exchange or gateway because they don’t get health insurance through their employers, Medicare or Medicaid, as provided under the key Congressional reform plans.
This benchmark annual survey of employers provides a detailed look at trends in employer-sponsored health coverage, including changes in premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing policies and other relevant information.
Family Health Premiums Reach $13,375 Annually in 2009 Up 5 Percent as Inflation Fell Nearly 1 Percent
This brief explains how government subsidies included in major reform proposals work in making coverage more affordable, protecting lower-income people from high out-of-pocket costs and encouraging broad participation in health insurance.
This brief explains the likely sources of added costs under health reform, the types of financing measures being considered, and some of the key questions likely to be addressed by how a plan is financed.
This brief explains the ways in which coverage might be defined under a health reform plan, and some of the policy issues raised by those determinations.
The brief examines the concept of employer pay-or-play provisions in health reform proposals and some of the policy implications surrounding the level of coverage required, the penalty to employers who do not offer coverage, and whether small firms are exempt from the requirements.
This brief explains the purpose and function of health insurance exchanges, which are a key element on many recent health care reform plans.
This primer on health care costs examines the rapid growth in the nation’s health care costs since 1970, when the average growth in health spending exceeded the growth of the economy as a whole by an average of 2.5 percentage points. It also examines the impact of health care costs on families, with insurance premiums rising 87% between 2000 and 2006, more than four times the growth in wages.
This fact sheet on health care costs presents key statistics about the growth, level and impact of rising U.S. health care costs. It covers spending on various medical services, sources of health spending, employer-sponsored health coverage and the impact on businesses and people.
Annual survey of California employer-sponsored health benefits.