Market Insights

According to the report, a large minority of all small businesses (40%) offer health insurance to their employees.

Navigating misinformation (58%) and the prevalence of "doom-and-gloom" messaging (56%) were the top contributors to anxiety.

The overall percentage of employers offering coverage is heavily influenced by the fact that small employers are in large part responsible for the decline in coverage, and most employers in the United States are small.

Many younger Americans find the open enrollment process difficult and don't know who to turn to for help.

Nearly 75% of workers surveyed do not believe they have enough information to make a confident decision in open enrollment.

There's a proposal to cap the tax-free amount available for health care expenditures, including amounts paid by both an employer and an employee, according to the Republican Study Committee's budget proposal.