U.S. Employer Health Insurance Is At Its Worst, STAT Says
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- STAT launched a new series titled "Out of Pocket, Out of Reach" examining how the U.S. employer-based health insurance system is crumbling.
- The series' lead piece says U.S. workers and businesses are "getting soaked" by the employer-based health insurance system.
- Workers' earnings have suffered "quietly behind the scenes" as the employer-based system has decayed, according to STAT.
- STAT describes current employer-based coverage as "arguably never been worse than now" and says improvement is unlikely in the near term.
Why it matters: Since most Americans rely on employer-based coverage, STAT's framing of a system at its worst with no improvement in sight means workers and businesses face sustained pressure on wages and benefit costs without near-term relief.
