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Consumer-Directed Health Plans Reduce The Long-Term Use Of Outpatient Physician Visits And Prescription Drugs
Health Affairs June 2013
Part-Time Work and Health Insurance Coverage Trends
EBRI Fast Facts May 28, 2013 1 pages
Individual Retirement Account Balances, Contributions, and Rollovers, 2011: The EBRI IRA Database
Where does the money come go in individual retirement accounts (IRAs)? Most of the new contributions go into Roth IRAs, but most of the assets are held in traditional IRAs, where the money originated from a rollover from other tax-qualified retirement plans (such as 401(k) plans) and not from new contributions, according to new research by EBRI. Press release. EBRI Issue Brief May 23, 2013 28 pages
"Trends in Health Coverage for Part-Time Workers," and "IRA Withdrawals: How Much, When, and Other Saving Behavior"
Part-time Workers: Whether or not the federal health insurance reform law causes employers to hire part-time workers, the trend away from full-time employment is already underway, according to new research from EBRI. Press release.
IRA Withdrawals: Those Americans between ages 61 and 70, who are withdrawing money from their individual retirement accounts (IRA), are making withdrawals that are larger, both in absolute dollar amounts and as a percentage of their IRA account balance, than those taken by older households, according to a new report from EBRI. Press release.
EBRI Notes May 22, 2013 20 pagesIRA Withdrawals: How Much, When, and Other Saving Behavior
Those Americans between ages 61 and 70, who are withdrawing money from their individual retirement accounts (IRA), are making withdrawals that are larger, both in absolute dollar amounts and as a percentage of their IRA account balance, than those taken by older households, according to a new report from EBRI. Press release. EBRI Notes May 15, 2013 10 pages
Sick Sense? Health Care Concerns & Retirement Plans
EBRI Fast Facts May 10, 2013 1 pages
Are Men From Mars and Women From Venus on Retirement Expectations?
EBRI Fast Facts May 2, 2013 1 pages
“Characteristics of the Population With Consumer-Driven and High-Deductible Health Plans, 2005–2012,” and “Retirement Plan Participation and Asset Allocation, 2010”
Consumer-driven Health Plans: It is often assumed that consumer-driven health plan enrollees are more likely than those with traditional coverage to be young, because they use less health care, on average. However, that is generally not the case in recent years, according to new research by EBRI. Press release.
Multiple Retirement Plans: People who own more than one type of retirement plan are more likely to invest a higher percentage in equities (stocks) than those who don’t, according to new research by EBRI. Press release.
EBRI Notes Apr 25, 2013 20 pagesMental Health, Substance Abuse, and Pregnancy: Health Spending Following the PPACA Adult-Dependent Mandate
When Congress added a mandate to the federal health insurance reform law requiring group health plans to offer coverage to workers’ children up to age 26, little was known about how the provision would be used. New research by EBRI finds the mandate was more likely to be used to treat adult children with depression, substance abuse, and pregnancy. EBRI Issue Brief Apr 11, 2013 16 pages