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Sheltering employee premium contributions from tax using Section 125 plans

The Foundation's program, State Health Access Reform Evaluation (SHARE), was designed to support research and evaluation of state health reform initiatives and develop an evidence base for future state and federal reform initiatives.This study grant will evaluate three different approaches to using Section 125 plans to reduce the costs of health insurance. This will be a mixed-method, comparative case study analysis, consisting principally of descriptive data and in-depth interviews. Data will include state surveys, as well as administrative and claims files.

Grant Details

Amount Awarded $216,779.00

Awarded on: 3/26/2008

Time frame: 4/1/2008 - 3/31/2010

Grant Number: 64207

Grantee

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC, 27157-1205

336-716-0101
Website

Mark A. Hall
Project Director

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