Employer-Sponsored Insurance Coverage – Survey by Health Research Educational Trust

The Health Research Educational Trust (HRET) and the Kaiser Family Foundation conduct an annual survey of employers concerning their health insurance coverage. A summary of the findings is readily available on the Kaiser Family Foundation website (www.kff.org/insurance/7031/index.cfm) and in annual summary articles by Jon Gabel and colleagues in a fall or winter issue of Health Affairs. The survey is nationally representative of public and private employers, and is drawn from the Dunn and Bradstreet listing of U.S. firms. Responding establishments are resurveyed in subsequent years. Approximately 1,400 firms respond each year, and the overall annual response rate is approximately 50 percent. (more…)