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Employment and Health Benefits: A Connection at Risk (1993)
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. "A OPINION SURVEYS ON EMPLOYMENT-BASED HEALTH BENEFITS AND RELATED ISSUES." Employment and Health Benefits: A Connection at Risk. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1993.

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Employment and Health Benefits: A Connection at Risk

Which of the following best describes the reason you or your family member chose not to change jobs? (November 1991 survey)

Prospective employer did not offer health benefits

26%

You or someone in your family had a medical condition the prospective employer's health plan did not cover

9

Health benefits provided less coverage than you or a family member had previously

24

The prospective employer's health plan cost too much

19

None of these

20

For your own health care and that of your family, which of the following is your biggest concern? (December 1991 survey)

Cost

49%

Quality

36

Access and availability

12

Everything/all

1

For society as a whole, what do you think the biggest problem in health care is? (December 1991 survey)

Cost

79%

Access and availability

13

Quality

6

In the last few years, has your health insurance coverage? (November 1991 survey)

Gotten better overall

16%

Gotten worse overall

24

Which best describes your satisfaction with your health benefits? (November 1991 survey)

Satisfied

64%

Would rather have additional health benefits and less salary

20

Would rather have additional salary and fewer health benefits

7

How much more money would you or your family member's employer have to give you each year to make you willing to give up your current employer-provided health benefits? (September 1991 EBRI/Gallup survey)

0-$1,000

11%

$1,001-$3,000

19

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