Reports on Health Services Research from University of Washington Provide New Insights (The Future of Work In America: Demise of Employer-sponsored Insurance and What Should Replace It): Health and Medicine – Health Services Research

2021 NOV 19 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Current study results on Health and Medicine - Health Services Research have been published. According to news reporting originating from Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought fundamental changes in the US workplace, placing employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) in disarray. Before the pandemic, ESI was the single largest share of private health insurance in the country, including some 150 million Americans.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Washington, “Even before the pandemic, however, ESI had become increasingly volatile and more unaffordable for both employers and employees. During the pandemic, many workers found that they could work at home remotely. Job losses during the pandemic left many millions uninsured, with many jobs lost indefinitely. Today, many Americans are rethinking how and where they want to be involved in the workplace, while many businesses are considering a future when more people are working from home or being replaced by robots, placing ESI in further jeopardy. This article brings historical perspective to these problems, showing how the private health insurance industry has failed the public interest by being too fragmented and unreliable to be afforded or depended upon.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Three major reform alternatives are described, only 1 of which-single-payer improved Medicare for All-can provide stable universal coverage that meets the needs of all Americans while being affordable for patients, families, and taxpayers.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: The Future of Work In America: Demise of Employer-sponsored Insurance and What Should Replace It. International Journal of Health Services, 2021;52(1):168-173. International Journal of Health Services can be contacted at: Sage Publications Ltd, 1 Olivers Yard, 55 City Road, London EC1Y 1SP, England.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting John Geyman, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98250, United States.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/00207314211044002. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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