Ruth Helman

Greenwald & Associates

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1.

Will More of Us Be Working Forever? The 2006 Retirement Confidence Survey

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 292, April 2006
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Apr 2006
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 393 (81,754)
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Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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The Retirement System in Transition: The 2007 Retirement Confidence Survey

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 304, April 2007
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Apr 2007
Ruth Helman, Jack VanDerhei and Craig Copeland
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 278 (120,163)

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Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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The 2012 Retirement Confidence Survey: Job Insecurity, Debt Weigh on Retirement Confidence, Savings

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 369, March 2012
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 20 Mar 2012
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 199 (166,887)

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Employment-based benefits, Financial planning, Medicare attitudes and opinions, Pension plan coverage, Retirement age, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement income, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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Worker Opinions About Employee Benefits: Differences Among Millennials, Baby Boomers, and Generation X Have Implications for Plan Sponsors

EBRI Notes, Vol. 36, No. 12 (December 2015)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Dec 2015
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 179 (183,651)

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Demographics, Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit costs, Employee benefit participation rates, Employment-based benefits, Voluntary benefits

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Public Attitudes on the U.S. Health Care System: Findings from the Health Confidence Survey

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Nov 2004
Ruth Helman and Paul Fronstin
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 155 (207,774)
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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Will Americans Ever Become Savers? The 14th Retirement Confidence Survey, 2004

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Apr 2004
Ruth Helman and Variny Paladino
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 155 (207,774)
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Retirement Attitudes and Opinions

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The 2015 Retirement Confidence Survey: Having a Retirement Savings Plan a Key Factor in Americans’ Retirement Confidence

EBRI Issue Brief, Number 413 (April 2015)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Apr 2015
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 151 (212,352)

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Automatic contribution escalation, Automatic enrollment, Debt, Employment-based benefits, Medicare attitudes and opinions, Retirement age, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement income, Retirement plan participation, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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The 2010 Retirement Confidence Survey: Confidence Stabilizing, but Preparations Continue to Erode

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 340, March 2010
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 30 Mar 2010
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 151 (212,352)
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Employment-based benefits, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement income, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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Encouraging Workers to Save: The 2005 Retirement Confidence Survey

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Apr 2005
Ruth Helman, Dallas Salisbury, Variny Paladino and Craig Copeland
Greenwald & Associates, Independent, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 146 (218,260)

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Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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The 2008 Retirement Confidence Survey ®: Americans Much More Worried About Retirement, Health Costs a Big Concern

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 316, April 2008
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Apr 2008
Ruth Helman, Jack VanDerhei and Craig Copeland
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 145 (219,490)

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Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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Small Employers and Health Benefits: Findings from the 2002 Small Employer Health Benefits Survey

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 28 Jan 2003
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 138 (228,313)
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Employee Benefit Surveys, Employment-based Benefits, Health Insurance Attitudes and Opinions, Health Insurance Coverage, Small Business, Tax Expenditures

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The 2009 Retirement Confidence Survey: Economy Drives Confidence to Record Lows; Many Looking to Work Longer

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 328, April 2009
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Apr 2009
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 120 (254,272)

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Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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The 2014 Retirement Confidence Survey: Confidence Rebounds — For Those With Retirement Plans

EBRI Issue Brief, Number 397 (March 2014)
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Mar 2014
Ruth Helman, Nevin Adams, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 107 (275,790)

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Debt, Employment-based benefits, Medicare attitudes and opinions, Pension plan contributions, Pension plan participation, Retirement age, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement income, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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2006 Health Confidence Survey: Dissatisfaction with Health Care System Doubles Since 1998

EBRI Notes, Vol. 27, No. 11, November 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 06 Nov 2006
Ruth Helman and Paul Fronstin
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 107 (275,790)

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Health care attitudes and opinions, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Ebri 2001 Retirement Surveys: Retirement Confidence Survey (Rcs), Minority Rcs, and Small Employer Retirement Survey (Sers)

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 16 Jun 2001
Dallas Salisbury, Teresa Turyn and Ruth Helman
Independent, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 104 (281,367)

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Employment-based benefits, Minority groups, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Small business

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2007 Health Confidence Survey: Rising Health Care Costs are Changing the Ways Americans Use the Health Care System

EBRI Notes, Vol. 28, No. 11, November 2007
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Nov 2007
Ruth Helman and Paul Fronstin
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 103 (283,213)
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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care utilization, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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2005 Health Confidence Survey: Cost and Quality Not Linked

EBRI Notes, Vol. 26, No. 11, November 2005
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Nov 2005
Ruth Helman and Paul Fronstin
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 100 (288,862)

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Health care attitudes and opinions

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The 2011 Retirement Confidence Survey: Confidence Drops to Record Lows, Reflecting 'The New Normal'

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 355, March 2011
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 16 Mar 2011
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 98 (292,712)
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Employment-based benefits, Medicare attitudes and opinions, Retirement age, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement income, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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The 2013 Retirement Confidence Survey: Perceived Savings Needs Outpace Reality for Many

EBRI Issue Brief, Number 384, March 2013
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Mar 2013
Ruth Helman, Nevin Adams, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 84 (322,610)
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Employment-based benefits, Medicare attitudes and opinions, Pension plan participation, Retirement age, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement income, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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Women on Savings and Retirement: Results from the 2000 Women's Retirement Confidence Survey

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 03 Apr 2001
Teresa Turyn and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 81 (329,841)

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Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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The 2009 Health Confidence Survey: Public Opinion on Health Reform Varies; Strong Support for Insurance Market Reform and Public Plan Option, Mixed Response to Tax Cap

EBRI Issue Brief, Number 331, July 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Jul 2009
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 77 (339,704)
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employment-based benefits, health care attitudes and opinions, health care policy, health care reform, health care utilization, health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Minority Workers Remain Confident About Retirement, Despite Lagging Preparations and False Expectations

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 306, June 2007
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Jun 2007
Ruth Helman, Jack VanDerhei and Craig Copeland
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 69 (361,091)

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Minority groups, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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EBRI 2008 Recent Retirees Survey: Report of Findings

EBRI Issue Brief, No. 319
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 10 Jul 2008
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland, Jack VanDerhei and Dallas Salisbury
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Independent
Downloads 65 (372,594)

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Retirement, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning

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Findings from the 2001 Health Confidence Survey

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Apr 2002
Ruth Helman and Rachel Christensen Sethi
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 65 (372,594)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions

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Views on Employment-Based Health Benefits: Findings from the 2013 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey

EBRI Notes, Vol. 34, No. 12, December 2013
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Dec 2013
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 64 (375,568)

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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit taxation, Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care reform, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Views on the Value of Voluntary Workplace Benefits: Findings from the 2013 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey

EBRI Notes, Vol. 34, No. 11 (November 2013)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Nov 2013
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 63 (378,692)

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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit participation rates, Employment-based benefits, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Retirement Confidence Survey 2000: Including Results from the Rcs Minority Survey and the Small Employer Retirement Survey

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Apr 2001
Dallas Salisbury, Ruth Helman, Pamela Ostuw and Paul Yakoboski
Independent, Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and TIAA-CREF Institute
Downloads 58 (394,421)

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Pension plan attitudes and opinions, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement planning, Employment-based benefits, Minority groups, Small business, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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The 2016 Retirement Confidence Survey: Worker Confidence Stable, Retiree Confidence Continues to Increase

EBRI Issue Brief, Number 422 (March 2016)
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Mar 2016
Ruth Helman, Craig Copeland and Jack VanDerhei
Greenwald & Associates, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 57 (397,771)
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Debt, Employment-based benefits, Financial advice, Investment education, Medicare attitudes and opinions, Retirement age, Retirement attitudes and opinions, Retirement expenses, Retirement income, Retirement plan participation, Retirement planning, Savings, Social Security attitudes and opinions

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The 2008 Health Confidence Survey: Rising Costs Continue to Change the Way Americans Use the Health Care System

EBRI Notes, Vol. 29, No. 10, October 2008
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Oct 2008
Ruth Helman and Paul Fronstin
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 56 (401,225)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care utilization, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Views on the Value of Voluntary Workplace Benefits: Findings from the 2015 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey

EBRI Notes, Vol. 36, No. 11 (November 2015)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 24 Nov 2015
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 54 (407,958)

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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit costs, Employee benefit participation rates, Employment-based benefits, Voluntary benefits

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2013 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey: Nearly 90% of Workers Satisfied With Their Own Health Plan, But 55% Give Low Ratings to Health Care System

EBRI Notes, Vol. 34, No. 9, September 2013
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 10 Oct 2013
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 49 (425,765)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care costs, Health care utilization, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Views on Employment-Based Health Benefits: Findings from the 2014 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey

EBRI Notes, Vol. 36, No. 2, February 2015
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Feb 2015
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 42 (452,944)

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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit taxation, Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care reform, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Findings from the 2003 Health Confidence Survey: Americans Increasingly Worried About Health Care Costs

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Nov 2003
Ruth Helman and Rachel Christensen Sethi
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 36 (478,977)

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Health care attitudes and opinions

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Findings from the 2002 Health Confidence Survey: Five Years of Hcs Data Show Little Change in Confidence or Satisfaction

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Dec 2002
Ruth Helman and Rachel Christensen Sethi
Greenwald & Associates and Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
Downloads 36 (478,977)

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Employment-based Benefits, Health Care Attitudes and Opinions

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Findings from the 2000 Health Confidence Survey

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Apr 2001
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 35 (483,530)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions

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Findings from the 2003 Retirement Confidence Survey (Rcs) and Minority Rcs

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 14 Aug 2003
Variny Paladino and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 34 (488,193)

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Minority Groups, Retirement Attitudes and Opinions

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2014 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey: Most Workers Continue to be Satisfied With Their Own Health Plan, but Growing Number Give Low Ratings to Health Care System

EBRI Notes, Vol. 35, No. 9 (September 2014)
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Sep 2014
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 32 (497,925)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care costs, Health care utilization, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Views on the Value of Voluntary Workplace Benefits: Findings from the 2014 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey

EBRI Notes, Vol. 35, No. 11 (November 2014)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 Nov 2014
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 25 (536,083)

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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit participation rates, Employment-based benefits, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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Views on Employment-based Health Benefits: Findings from the 2015 Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey

EBRI Notes, Vol. 37, No. 3 (March 2016)
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Mar 2016
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 20 (567,147)

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Employee benefit attitudes and opinions, Employee benefit taxation, Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care reform, Health insurance attitudes and opinions

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2015 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Health and Voluntary Workplace Benefits Survey: Most Workers Continue to Give Low Ratings to Health Care System, But Declining Number Report Health Care Cost Increases

EBRI Notes, Vol. 36, No. 9 (September 2015)
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 21 Sep 2015
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 18 (580,137)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care costs, Health care utilization, Health insurance attitudes and opinions, Health insurance coverage

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Workers Like Their Benefits, Are Confident of Future Availability, But Dissatisfied With the Health Care System and Pessimistic About Future Access and Affordability

EBRI Notes, Vol. 37, No. 11 (Oct. 19, 2016)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Paul Fronstin and Ruth Helman
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald & Associates
Downloads 9 (641,210)

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Employment-based benefits, Health care attitudes and opinions, Health care costs, Health care utilization, Health insurance attitudes and opinions, Health insurance coverage