How the Minimum Wage Affects the Health Insurance Coverage ...

We anticipate that these recent, large increases in minimum wages will raise the potential for larger and more meaningful economic and health ...

Do minimum wage laws affect employer-sponsored insurance ...

We find that a $1 increase in minimum wages is associated with a 0.92 percentage point (pp) decrease in the percentage of employers offering health insurance.

Minimum Wage Increase Linked to Small Decrease in Employer ...

The study also found no evidence that minimum wage increases led to changes in overall rates of insurance coverage, which the researchers say ...

Low-Wage Workers and their Health Insurance Coverage

insurance, some workers may not be eligible for it. Businesses place various eligibility requirements on health benefits, such as working a minimum num- ber ...

How the Minimum Wage Affects Low-Wage Workers and Their ...

“The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employer-Sponsored Insurance for Low-Income Workers and Dependents.” American Journal of Health. Economics ...

Effects Of Minimum Wages On Population Health

Key Points · Research into the effects of minimum wages on health is rapidly expanding. · The preponderance of evidence suggests that increases in ...

The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employer-Sponsored Insurance ...

We find robust evidence that minimum wage increases lead to reductions in ESI coverage in families below 300 percent of the federal poverty level.

State minimum wages and health insurance coverage in the United ...

The effects appear to come from minimum wage hikes that occurred after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) took effect in 2014, suggesting that higher ...

The Minimum Wage, Fringe Benefits, and Worker Welfare

... min- imum wage increases are associated with losses in employer provided health insurance. This suggests the welfare effects highlighted in our model are ...

The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Employer-Sponsored Insurance ...

We find robust evidence that minimum wage increases lead to reductions in ESI coverage in families below 300 percent of the federal poverty level, with a ...

Health Insurance and the Minimum Wage

increases over a decade found that a 20 percent increase in the minimum wage reduces employer-sponsored health insurance coverage by 4 percent. 3. 3 Colin Baker ...

Examining the association of changes in minimum wage with health ...

Findings from this study suggest that increases in the minimum wage were associated with higher rates of health insurance coverage among low-skill adults, aged ...

Minimum Wage Increases Could Improve Health and Advance Equity

Minimum wage increases have a positive effect on health and are associated with reduced rates of mortality due to suicides, alcohol or drugs, ...

Do minimum wage laws affect employer-sponsored insurance ...

We find that a $1 increase in minimum wages is associated with a 0.92 percentage point (p.p.) decrease in the percentage of employers offering health insurance, ...

Minimum Wage is Not Enough - Home - Drexel University

Healthcare. The cost of health insurance premiums continues to increase, making health insurance harder for low-wage workers to afford. The average premium ...

Examining the association of changes in minimum wage with health ...

Among men, minimum wage increases were linked with decreased reports of no health insurance (β = −.03; 95% CI = -.04 to −.02), and missed care ...

Health Insurance Costs Are Squeezing Workers and Employers

As premiums rise faster than wages, workers face greater cost sharing, leaving some underinsured. Authors ...

Is the Fight for $15 Going to Cost Low-Wage Workers Their Health ...

Minimum wage increases can lead to reductions in employer-sponsored health insurance for some workers and their dependents.

The Effect of State Minimum Wage Laws on Medicaid Expansion ...

Higher minimum wages may affect employer-sponsored insurance enrollment if employers respond to wage increases by reducing benefit generosity, increasing ...

Lower-wage workers less likely than other workers to have medical ...

Participation rates, or the percentage of all workers who participate in a plan, also increase as wages go up. Among workers with an average ...