'Tracking Health Insurance Coverage by Month: Trends in Employment-Based Coverage Among Workers, and Access to Coverage Among Uninsured Workers, 1995-2009,' and 'How Changes in Longevity Annuity Prices and Longevity Risk Affect Retirement Income Adeq ..
Health coverage: The likelihood a worker will or will not have employment-based health benefits depends strongly on the strength of the economy and the unemployment rate. For instance, from December 2007–August 2009, while the most recent recession was underway, the percentage of private-sector workers with employment-based coverage in their own name fell from 60.4 percent to 55.9 percent. However, by December 2009, when the recession officially ended, the percentage slightly increased to 56.6 percent. Press release.
Annuities: Building on the May 2011 EBRI Issue Brief, this article analyzes how changes in longevity annuity prices and longevity risk affect retirement income adequacy of retirees facing three different types of risk—investment income, longevity, and long-term care risk.