Toolkit Discusses SCHIP Expansion, Crowd-out; Reports Examine Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage Among Low-Income Workers

September 18, 2007 – 12:08 pm | posted in Medicare

Toolkit: Crowd-out and SCHIP, Alliance for Health Reform: The new toolkit explains why “crowd-out,” the phenomenon of public coverage substituting for private insurance, occurs and explores how much of a factor crowd-out would be in expanding SCHIP and what could be done to minimize it. The toolkit also provides links to other SCHIP resources and a list of experts (Alliance for Health Reform release, 9/12).

“Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and the Low-Income Workforce,” Urban Institute: The study examines employer-sponsored health coverage among low-income workers. The report also discusses problems with the employer-sponsored coverage system, as well as policy options for expanding coverage and the future of the employer-sponsored insurance system. A separate study, “Access to Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Among Low-Income Families,” examines access to employer-sponsored health coverage among low-income workers and their families (Urban Institute release, 9/11).

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