Year: 2002
Type: report
Abstract: This paper examines why health insurance coverage fell despite the lengthy economic boom of the 1990s.I show that insurance coverage declined primarily because fewer workers took up coverage when offered it, not because fewer workers were offered insurance or were eligible for it.The reduction in take-up is associated with the increase in employee costs for health insurance.Estimates suggest that increased costs to employees can explain the entire decline in take-up rates in the 1990s.
DOI: 10.3386/w9036
Author: David Cutler
Institutions: National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard University
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3122810724