According to analysis of data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), "only 13 percent of private sector establishments offered health benefits to early retirees in 2005, down from 22 percent in 1997. Furthermore, 13 percent of private-sector establishments offered health benefits to Medicare-eligible retirees in 2005, down from 20 percent in 1997." (p. 15)

Fronstin, P. (2007). The future of employment-based health benefits: Have employers reached a tipping point? (Issue Brief No. 312). Washington, DC: Employee Benefit Research Institute. Retrieved from http://www.ebri.org/pdf/briefspdf/EBRI_IB_12-20073.pdf

This Issue Brief examines the notion that employers have reached a tipping point over health costs and will cease offering health care benefits to their workers; data on recent trends in health benefits are presented.

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