Access, Choices, and Household Income: A Comparison of Health Insurance Coverage for Standard and Nonstandard Workers

This paper focuses on working adults over the age of 15 and asks the following questions: 1. How does health insurance coverage from any source and coverage through an employer vary by household income and by how the worker is employed? 2. Does the employer pay for any of the premium? 3. If health insurance coverage is available from the employer and the employee is eligible, why are they not in the employer's plan? 4. How does this vary by household income and by how the worker is employed? 5. What is the source of health insurance if not through the employer, and how does it vary by household income and by how the worker is employed?