2012-05-24T14:56:48Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/health-insurance-markets.html http://www.rand.org/blog/2012/05/would-the-affordable-care-act-lead-to-reductions-in.html May 4, 2012 May 4, 2012

As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) individual mandate, one of the questions being debated is what effect the mandate would have on employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. A factor to consider in this is the effect the ACA would have on small businesses, which employ the majority of America's private-sector workforce.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120063.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

Rising health costs reduce employment-based private insurance availability and enrollment, and the financial protection provided by it, especially for middle-class families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120099.html Jan 1, 2012 Jan 1, 2012

The CHIP expansions to children in higher income families were associated with limited uptake of public coverage.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9557.html Sep 8, 2010 Sep 8, 2010

<p>Finds that the Affordable Care Act will increase the percentage of employers that offer health coverage to workers: from 57 percent to 80 percent for firms with 50 or fewer workers, and from 90 percent to 98 percent for firms with 51 to 100 workers.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR825.html Aug 31, 2010 Aug 31, 2010

The Affordable Care Act builds on the employer-based health insurance system by developing exchanges through which small employers can offer coverage and by penalizing large employers that do not offer coverage. The exchanges could alleviate some of the difficulties faced by small firms that want to offer insurance.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100130.html Aug 31, 2010 Aug 31, 2010

<p>The nature of employer-sponsored coverage may change substantially after implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, with an increase in the number of workers offered coverage through the health insurance exchanges.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR562z20.html Jan 8, 2010 Jan 8, 2010

This document explores how increased use of bundled payment approaches would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR562z2.html Jan 8, 2010 Jan 8, 2010

This document explores how requiring employers to offer health insurance (an employer mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR562z1.html Jan 8, 2010 Jan 8, 2010

This document explores how requiring individuals to obtain health insurance (an individual mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR562z3.html Jan 8, 2010 Jan 8, 2010

This document explores how expanding Medicaid/SCHIP eligibility would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR562z7.html Jan 8, 2010 Jan 8, 2010

This document explores how a refundable tax credit to offset the cost of health insurance premiums would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000135.html Dec 31, 2009 Dec 31, 2009

Cost savings can be achieved while improving health care quality by speeding payment reforms, implementing insurance reforms, and reforming coverage.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR562z5.html Oct 12, 2009 Oct 12, 2009

This document explores how increased health information technology (HIT) adoption and connectivity would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071204.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>Modest subsidies will have small effects on purchase in the nongroup market.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20001205.html Dec 31, 1999 Dec 31, 1999

<p>To learn whether consumer reports of health plan quality can affect health plan selection.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19870201.html Dec 31, 1986 Dec 31, 1986

<p>This article is based on employee responses to surveys augmented with information from personnel files, and assessed that degree to which employees favor preferred providers and whether the preferred provider organizations (PPO) participants are a narrow, specialized segment or a broad cross section of covered employees.</p>

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<em>Assistant Policy Analyst</em><br>Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.A. in public policy, administration, and analysis, New College of Florida

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<em>Director, Economics, Finance, and Organization Program, RAND Health; Senior Economist</em><br>Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Brown University; B.A. in economics, Loyola College of Maryland

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<em>Associate Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School</em><br>Ph.D. in health services research and policy, University of Rochester; M.S. in social medicine and health management, Fudan University; B.Med. (medical degree), Shanghai Medical University