Health Insurance
» Health Insurance, Volume 3, Issue 4, 2003
If the respondent's business does NOT offer employee health insurance.
Please tell me if the following is a major reason, minor reason, or not a reason why your business DOES NOT offer health insurance to your employees.
13G. (reason NOT to offer) Employees can’t afford their share.
Response | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Major Reason | 39 | ||
2 | Minor Reason | 16 | ||
3 | Not a Reason | 44 | ||
4 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
Total (%) | 101 | |||
N | 312 |
Notes: Thirty-nine (39) percent of small employers who do not offer employee health insurance say a major reason for their decision is that employees cannot afford their share of the premium (Q#13G).