Approximately 1,010 users across several industries took part in the company survey last month. The questionnaire included inquiries about health insurance plans and how differing benefits affected respondents’ job outlook.
Here are three takeaways from the survey.
1. Roughly two-thirds of users surveyed, or approximately 67 percent, said they had employer-based health insurance. Twelve percent said they bought a plan through the individual marketplace and 5 percent said they were uninsured.
2. Sixty-three percent of respondents said their healthcare benefits were more expensive than the previous year’s. Forty percent of those surveyed also said they witnessed an increase in premium expenses, out-of-pocket copays and deductibles compared with their previous year of coverage.
3. A higher percentage of respondents with jobs in the education and medical fields were more likely to name health insurance as an influencing factor in their job search. Specifically, 30 percent of medical professionals and 26 percent of educators listed health insurance as “a primary factor in choosing whether to take or keep a position,” according to the report. Overall, 19 percent of respondents answered the same way.
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