Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Cost, Offer Rates, and Take-Up Rates for Small Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2000 and 2003. Statistical Brief Number 98

摘要

his Statistical Brief examines health insurance costs for small private sector employers and their enrolled employees as a percentage of payroll, by industry, for the years 2000 and 2003. The brief also shows the percentage of employees who worked at small private sector employers where health insurance was offered in those years and the percentage of these employees who enrolled during those years. These offer and participation rates for small private sector employers are a possible indication of employer and employee reactions to the large changes in costs between 2000 and 2003.