Employment-Based Health Insurance: Costs Increase and Family Coverage Decreases
HEHS-97-35
Published: Feb 24, 1997. Publicly Released: Mar 21, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the decline in employment-based health insurance, focusing on: (1) recent trends in employment-based private health insurance, particularly for family coverage; (2) any corresponding changes in the number of adults and children with private insurance coverage as dependents; and (3) the potential effect of these changes, if any, on public costs for health care coverage.
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