Snapshots: Health Care Costs is a series of online publications written by Kaiser staff that use charts, data and analysis to provide insight into the political and policy debates about the cost of health care in the United States. The publications are designed to encourage an informed policy discussion as leaders in Washington and across the country weigh strategies for controlling the rising cost of health care for people, businesses and government alike.
- Employer Sponsored Health Insurance – A Comparison of the Availability and Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large Firms, November 2008
- Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work, October 2008
- Health Benefit Offer Rates and Employee Earnings, October 2008
- Offer Rates for Smaller Establishments by Business Age, May 2008
- Employer Health Insurance Costs and Worker Compensation, March 2008
- Wages and Benefits: A Long-Term View, February 2008
- How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs, March 2007
- Effect of Tying Eligibility for Health Insurance Subsidies to the Federal Poverty Level, February 2007
- Insurance Premium Cost-Sharing and Coverage Take-up, February 2007
- Health Care Spending in the United States and OECD Countries, January 2007
- Comparison of Expenditures in Nongroup and Employer-Sponsored Insurance, November 2006 Revised: Februrary 2007
- Illustrating the Potential Impacts of Adverse Selection on Health Insurance Costs in Consumer Choice Models, November 2006
- Comparing Projected Growth in Health Care Expenditures and the Economy, May 2006
- Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care Services, May 2006
