This paper examines data from the SHRM/EBRI 2014 Health Benefits Survey. The survey was conducted in February and March 2014 by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) to better understand changes to employer-sponsored health coverage...

This paper examines whether there is variation by worker income on how an HSA-eligible health plan affects health care services use and spending. Does the typically flat-dollar gap between a health plan's deductible and the employer contribution to a health savings account (HSA) have a bigger...

This Issue Brief examines 1996‒2016 trends in the availability of and enrollment in self-insured health plans among private-sector establishments offering health plans and their covered workers, with a particular focus on 2013 to 2016, so as to assess whether the Patient Protection and...

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 examines the state of employment-based health benefits, updating prior EBRI research that examined trends in coverage on a monthly basis, over the time period from December 1995 to July 2011. Examining these data on a monthly basis allows a more accurate identification of changes in...

This paper presents Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau's March 2008 Current Population Survey (CPS) on the health insurance status of the near elderly, adults ages 55-64. EBRI's estimates reveal that adults ages 55-64 were one of two groups - the...

This paper updates previous estimates by the Employee Benefit Research Institute on savings needed to cover health insurance premiums and health care expenses in retirement. Much like EBRI's 2012 report, this analysis finds that the savings targets for a 65-year-old retiring in 2013 were not...