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Study: Health benefits more important than salary for most workers

Case Management Weekly, April 25, 2007

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A majority of U.S. workers employed at large businesses consider health coverage to be the most important part of their benefit packages, according to a survey released by the National Business Group on Health, a non-profit organization that studies insurance issues at large corporations.

The survey was conducted in February and involved 1,619 workers at companies with at least 2,500 employees.

According the survey, workers would rather face reductions in salary or retirement benefits than lose any part of their health benefits. Additionally:

• Two out of three workers said they are satisfied with their level of coverage
• More than half of workers said they would oppose any plans to treat employers' contributions to plan premiums as taxable income.
• The majority of nonsmoking employees support charging smokers higher premiums for health benefits.

Source: The Washington Times

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