This paper presents findings from the 2009 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the 12th wave of an annual survey that examines a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans’ satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health care system and the Medicare...

This paper presents findings from the 2008 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the 11th wave of an annual survey to assess the attitudes of the American public regarding the health care system in the United States. Findings from the 2008 Health Confidence Survey (HCS) continue to demonstrate that...

This paper presents findings from the 2007 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the 10th wave of an annual survey to assess the attitudes of the American public regarding the health care system in the United States. Findings from the 2007 HCS demonstrate that rising health care costs increasingly are...

This paper examines public opinion surrounding employment-based health coverage. It uses data from the 2013 and 2014 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey (WBS), conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates, as well as historical data from the...

Four years after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), implementation of many of its provisions and delay of others, an increasing majority of workers continue to give low marks to the U.S. health care system. This paper examines public opinion with respect...

This paper presents findings from the 2005 Health Confidence Survey (HCS), the eighth wave of an annual survey designed to assess the attitudes of the American public regarding the health care system in the United States. The survey was conducted within the United States between June 21 and...

This paper presents the findings from the ninth annual Health Confidence Survey (HCS), a survey that examines a broad spectrum of health care issues, including Americans' satisfaction with health care today, their confidence in the future of the health care system and the Medicare program, and...

Five years after passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), implementation of many of its provisions and delay of others, a majority of workers continue to give low marks to the U.S. health care system. This paper examines public opinion with respect to various...

This paper presents new findings from the 2015 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey (WBS). It examines differences in opinions regarding employee benefits among Millennials (or Generation Y, the demographic cohort with birth years ranging from the early...

The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) has been conducting “value of benefits” surveys for 20 years to determine the relative importance of different benefits to workers and to assess the role played by benefits in job choice and job change over time. The surveys show consistency in...