Employer-Based Health Insurance and Employee Compensation

Kevin Schulman; Aditya Narayan

doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5486

Employer-Based Health Insurance and Employee Compensation

JAMA Health Forum. 2023 Mar 3;4(3):e225486. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5486.

Authors

Kevin Schulman^{1

2

3}, Aditya Narayan²

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Excellence Research Center, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
² School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.
³ Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California.

PMID: 36897580
DOI: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2022.5486

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint expounds on how the cost of health insurance is consuming an ever-greater share of total compensation for employers and employees, stagnating real incomes and calling into question its real value.

MeSH terms

Health Benefit Plans, Employee*
Income
Insurance, Health*