Will health care reform eventually erode employer-sponsored health insurance? Many observers felt that it might. But so far, 18 months into the reform era, it hasn’t.
The Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have made a joint venture of monitoring the course of employer-sponsored insurance since government subsidized insurance became available. The two entities just released their second examination of post-reform employer coverage, and found again that employers are still offering it, and employees are still eager to take them up on their offer.
In fact, it seems that a 12-year decline in the percent of workplaces offering coverage has been halted, if not reversed.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
