Publication Date
1-1-2012
DOI
10.17848/9780880994262
Abstract
This research examines the behaviors of firms with respect to their provision of health care prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) deliberations and uses those behaviors to assess changes in employer-sponsored health insurance that might occur once the ACA is fully implemented.
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ISBN
9780880994255 (cloth) ; 9780880994231 (pbk.) ; 9780880994262 (ebook)
Subject Areas
LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Wages, health insurance and other benefits; Health insurance
Citation
Maxwell, Nan L. 2012. The Health and Wealth of a Nation: Employer-Based Health Insurance and the Affordable Care Act. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880994262
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Contents
1. Health Care Coverage in the United States
2. Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
3. Benchmarking Change: Employer-Supported Insurance before the ACA
4. How Large Firms Might Respond to the ACA
5. How Small Firms Might Respond to the ACA
6. Health Policy and Firm Behavior
Appendix A-The California Health and Employment Surveys
Appendix B-Factor Analysis
Appendix C-Defining Empirical Constructs