The just-released National Compensation Survey: Health Plans Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011 provides detailed information on a national level as to the provision of health care benefits: vision, dental, outpatient prescription, selected benefits by type of plan, etc. This 300 page document proceeds to analyze the data by geographic region, income level, and industry sector (including higher education). Another informative report is this April 2012 report – Employment-Based Health Benefits: Trends in Access and Coverage, 1997-2010 – that shows a downward trend in employers offering medical benefits to workers.
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