Two-thirds of all those under age 65, amounting to 151.7 million Americans, currently get their health care coverage through an employer.
Health insurance is the benefit most used and valued by workers and their families, surveys show.
Some policymakers and interest groups would address this issue by severing the link between health insurance and employment, through changes in the tax treatment of health insurance. The papers contained in this book explore in detail the link between health insurance and employment, how various federal policies might put that link at risk, and what the implications of those policies might be for workers, employers, and the government. Severing the Link Between Health Insurance and Employment provides the most comprehensive review available today of the possible implications of changing the tax system as it applies to employment-based and individual health insurance.