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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Comparison of Take-up Rates in Employer-Sponsored Medical Care Plans: State and Local Government and Private Industry (12/23/2009)
http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/cm20091222ar01p1.htm

Data from the 2009 National Compensation Survey (NCS) reveal that take-up rates for employer-provided medical care plans differ between private industry workers and State and local government workers. Take-up rates also vary among workers in their respective private and State and local government sectors, by worker and establishment characteristics. This article discusses the concept of a take-up rate and presents take-up rate comparisons among workers in two major sectors of the economy, utilizing the March 2009 NCS estimates on take-up rates for employer-provided medical plans.

NOTE: Take-up rate refers to the percent of workers with access to a plan who actually “take up,” or participate, in a plan.

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Stuart Basefsky                   
Director, IWS News Bureau                
Institute for Workplace Studies 
Cornell/ILR School                        
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor             
New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
Telephone: (607) 255-2703                
Fax: (607) 255-9641                       
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu                  
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