Health benefits in 2006: premium increases moderate, enrollment in consumer-directed health plans remains modest

Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 Nov-Dec;25(6):w476-85. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.w476. Epub 2006 Sep 26.

Abstract

Based on a survey of 2,122 randomly selected public and private employers, this paper reports on the state of employer-sponsored health insurance in spring 2006, including recent changes. Premiums increased 7.7 percent from spring 2005 to spring 2006 and have risen 68 percent since 2001. About 4 percent of workers are enrolled in high-deductible health plans with savings options. The percentage of workers covered by their own employer did not statistically change from 2005 to 2006.

MeSH terms

  • Consumer Behavior / economics
  • Consumer Behavior / statistics & numerical data
  • Cost Sharing / trends
  • Efficiency, Organizational
  • Fees and Charges / trends
  • Health Benefit Plans, Employee / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Benefit Plans, Employee / trends
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Humans
  • Medical Savings Accounts / economics
  • Medical Savings Accounts / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States