Recent trends in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage: are bad jobs getting worse?

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Declines in employer-sponsored health insurance are the result of companies not providing coverage for short-term employees, part-time employees, and the dependents of long-term, full-time employees. Those employees that have less skilled jobs are less likely to have insurance coverage.

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'Competition' among employers offering health insurance

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Employers increase the amount of money that employees must contribute to their own health insurance coverage when the employers' rates for coverage are high, when employees have working spouses who could also provide coverage and when the tax rate is low.

Demographic aspects

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SCHIP expansion and parental coverage: an evaluation of Wisconsin's BadgerCare

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Effectiveness of the health programme BadgerCare that was implemented in Wisconsin in increasing the health coverage of low-income American population is examined.

Government domestic functions, Financial management, Management dynamics, Accident & Health Insurance, Insurance Carriers, Wisconsin, Health aspects, Poor, Medical assistance, Company business management, Insurance, Health policy

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