Health Insurance
» Health Insurance, Volume 3, Issue 4, 2003
If the respondent's business offers employee health insurance.
Please tell me if the following is a major reason, minor reason, or not a reason why your business OFFERS a health insurance plan to your employees.
5B. (reason to offer) Health insurance is not considered taxable income for employees.
Response | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Major Reason | 19 | ||
2 | Minor Reason | 33 | ||
3 | Not a Reason | 46 | ||
4 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
Total (%) | 100 | |||
N | 439 |
Notes: Nineteen (19) percent of small employers offering employee health insurance coverage say that a major reason for doing so is that it provides employees tax-sheltered income (Q#5B).