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Work, Health, And Insurance: A Shifting Landscape For Employers And Workers Alike.
- Source :
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Health Affairs . Feb2017, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p214-221. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- We examined the complex relationship among work, health, and health insurance, which has been affected by changing demographics and employment conditions in the United States. Stagnation or deterioration in employment conditions and wages for much of the workforce has been accompanied by the erosion of health outcomes and employer-sponsored insurance coverage. In this article we present data and discuss the research that has established these links, and we assess the potential impact of policy responses to the evolving landscape of work and health. The expansion of insurance availability under the Affordable Care Act may have helped reduce the burden on employers to provide health insurance. However, the act's encouragement of wellness programs has uncertain potential to help contain the rising costs of employer-sponsored health benefits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *INDUSTRIAL hygiene
*POLICY sciences
*LABOR supply
*EMPLOYMENT
*HEALTH promotion
*INDUSTRIAL relations
*INSURANCE
*HEALTH insurance
*MEDICAID
*EVALUATION of medical care
*MEDICAL care costs
*MEDICALLY uninsured persons
*WAGES
*WORK environment
*EMPLOYER-sponsored health insurance
*ECONOMICS
*PSYCHOLOGY
LABOR supply statistics
PATIENT Protection & Affordable Care Act
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02782715
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Health Affairs
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 121154525
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.1200