Employment and Health Benefits:

A Connection at Risk

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Size: 376 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1993

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Marilyn J. Field and Harold T. Shapiro, Editors; Committee on Employment-Based Health Benefits, Institute of Medicine
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This book describes the strengths and limitations of the current system of employment-based health benefits and outlines what might be done to overcome some of the problems associated with current policies and practices. It provides information on who is covered ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xx	(skim)
SUMMARY	1-24	(skim)
1 BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION	25-48	(skim)
2 ORIGINS AND EVOLUTION OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS	49-86	(skim)
3 EMPLOYMENT-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS TODAY	87-120	(skim)
4 WHATD DOES EMPLOYER MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH BENEFITS INVOLVE? OVERVIEW AND CASE STUDY	121-166	(skim)
5 RISK SELECTION, RISK SHARING, AND POLICY	167-201	(skim)
6 HEALTH CARE COSTS: MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS	202-228	(skim)
7 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	229-261	(skim)
REFERENCES	262-284	(skim)
APPENDIXES	285-286	(skim)
A OPINION SURVEYS ON EMPLOYMENT-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS AND RELATED ISSUES	287-292	(skim)
B REGULATION OF EMPLOYMENT-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS: THE INTERSECTION OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAW	293-322	(skim)
C PARTICIPANTS IN MEETINGS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH PROJECT	323-327	(skim)
D BIOGRAPHIES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS	328-333	(skim)
GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS	334-335	(skim)
INDEX	347-360	(skim)

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This book describes the strengths and limitations of the current system of employment-based health benefits and outlines what might be done to overcome some of the problems associated with current policies and practices. It provides information on who is covered for what services and at what costs, on how programs vary by employer size and industry, and on what governments do, and do not do, to oversee employment-based health programs.

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"...informative and interesting."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review

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Institute of Medicine (IOM)

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