Progressive or Regressive? A Second Look at the Tax Exemption for Employer Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums

Examines the argument for capping the exemption of health insurance benefits from income tax and its potential effects on those already at risk of losing their coverage. Estimates the regressive impact by firm size, location, risk group, and income level

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Health Spending and Reform Implementation

Presents survey responses from healthcare experts about support for the reform law's coverage expansion provisions, payment and delivery system reforms, the budget reduction framework that relies in part on Medicare and Medicaid savings, and other issues

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Priorities for the Obama Administration

Presents results of a survey of experts on priorities in healthcare reform and related economic stimulus for the Barack Obama administration, including new regulations, employer financing of coverage, and an insurance exchange with a public option

Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on Health Reform

Presents results of a survey of healthcare experts on insurance, payment, and delivery system reforms, including a national insurance exchange with broad authority, a public plan option with a bundled payment system, and a standard benefits package

Wages, Health Benefits, and Workers' Health

Examines the divide in the U.S. labor market between higher wage earners with health insurance, and lower wage earners who often lack coverage and access to essential health care

Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Small Businesses and the Affordable Care Act of 2010

Examines current coverage of workers in small firms, insurers' administrative costs, and healthcare reform provisions such as small-business tax credits to offset premiums and exemption from shared responsibility payments and the estimated impact of each