Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed with No Employees

By Department of Health and Human Services

Book Id: WPLBN0000067581
Format Type: PDF eBook:
File Size: 4.73 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Health Insurance Coverage for the Self-Employed with No Employees
Author:	Department of Health and Human Services
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Medical research, Medical reports
Collections:	Medical Library Collection
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Publisher:	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


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Library of Congress-in-Publication Data Allen, Karen, 1944– Health insurance coverage for the self-employed with no employees [Karen Allen and Christina Park]. p. cm. — (DHHS publication ; no. (PHS) 99–1024 (SENE report) ‘‘March 1999.’’ Includes bibliographical references. At head of title: Vital and health statistics ISBN 0–8406–0554–4 1. Insurance, Health—United States Statistics. 2. Self-employed— United States Statistics. 3. Self-employed—Insurance requirements— United States Statistics. 4. Small business—Insurance—United States Statistics. I. Park, Christina H. II. National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.). III. Title. IV. Title: Vital and health statistics. V. Series. VI. Series: SENE report. HG9396.A626 1999 99—25356 331.25'5—dc21 CIP...

Table of Contents
Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . v Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Data source and collection methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Estimation and data reliability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Comparison of self-employed individuals with no employee estimates with other data sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Self-employed individuals with no employees as establishments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Self-employed individuals with no employees as workers . . . . 8 Uninsurance among selfemployed individuals with no employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Health status and insurance status of self-employed individuals with no employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Source of private health insurance coverage for selfemployed individuals with no employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Type of private health insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Plan benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Preexisting condition exclusions and waiting periods . . . . . . . . 12 Annual family out-of-pocket medical costs and monthly family premium expenses . . . . . . . . . . 12 Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendixes Appendix I. Technical notes on methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Appendix II. Glossary . . . . 28 Appendix III. National Employer Health Insurance Survey: Self-Employed Questionnaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Appendix IV. National Health Interview Survey: 1993 Supplement (Health Insurance Section) . . . . . . . . . 55