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2007 Labor Day Quiz of the Day Winners | | Date: | | Aug 27 | | | | Question: | | Nearly 45 million Americans lack health insurance. Of those, how many are children?: | | | | Answer: | | More than 8 million | | | | Source: | | U.S. Census Bureau, Table HI08: Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of coverage by Selected Characteristics for Children Under 18: 2005. | | | | Winner: | | Kathy Smith, Grand Blanc, Mich. | | | | | | | |
| | Date: | | Aug 28 | | | | Question: | | It used to be that more than 80 percent of full-time workers had health insurance. Today, how many of the uninsured belong to working families?: | | | | Answer: | | Eight in 10 | | | | Source: | | Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, The Uninsured: A Primer (October 2006); Bureau of Labor Statistics, Documenting Benefits Coverage for all Workers (revised July 2006). | | | | Winner: | | Patricia Turlowicz, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | | | | | | |
| | Date: | | Aug 29 | | | | Question: | | The share of employers offering health benefits has been declining since 2000. In 2006, what percentage of firms made coverage available to their employees?: | | | | Answer: | | 61 percent | | | | Source: | | Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, Employer Health Benefits 2006 Annual Survey (September 2006). | | | | Winner: | | Virgil Hill, Springfield, Mo. | | | | | | | |
| | Date: | | Aug 30 | | | | Question: | | As health care costs rise, many employers pass these cost increases on to workers. Since 2000, how much have worker contributions for family coverage increased?: | | | | Answer: | | 81 percent | | | | Source: | | Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, Employer Health Benefits 2006 Annual Survey (September 2006). | | | | Winner: | | Virgil Hill, Springfield, Mo. | | | | | | | |
| | Date: | | Aug 31 | | | | Question: | | The number of employers offering health benefits to their retirees has dropped substantially over the past decade. There are virtually no options for health care coverage for those who retire before age 65 who have no employer coverage. In 1988, 65 percent of large private firms that offered health benefits to employees also offered them to retirees. How many still offered them in 2006?: | | | | Answer: | | 35 percent | | | | Source: | | Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust, Employer Health Benefits 2006 Annual Survey (September 2006). | | | | Winner: | | Amanda Rodriguez, Austin, Texas | | | | | | | |
| | Date: | | Sept. 2 | | | | Question: | | Medicare has proven to be a successful government-run health program. Administrative costs constitute 2 percent of Medicare’s spending. What percentage do private health insurance programs spend on administrative costs?
| | | | Answer: | | 14 percent | | | | Source: | | Jacob Hacker, Health Care for America, Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper (January 2007); U.S. General Accounting Office, Small Employers Continue to Face Challenges in Providing Coverage, GAO-02-08 (October 2001). | | | | Winner: | | Virgil Hill, Springfield, Mo. | | | | | | | |
| | Date: | | Sept. 3 | | | | Question: | | Workers in unions are far more likely to have health coverage than their nonunion counterparts. In March 2006, 89 percent of private-sector union workers had access to employer-provided health insurance. How many nonunion workers did?: | | | | Answer: | | 68 percent
| | | | Source: | | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employee Benefits in Private Industry, updated August 2006. | | | | Winner: | | Joseph Venegas, Orange, Calif. | | | | | | | |
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