Though most Americans today receive their health insurance through employee benefits they get from their workplace, a recent study suggests that this trend may not be the case within the next 10 years.

Though the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has the word “affordable” in its description, few professionals that provide employee benefits believe that the cost of care will lower as a result of the health reform law. In fact, most believe the opposite will result.

Thanks largely to health plans offered through employee benefits, the nation’s uninsured rate continues to fall, down once again in the month of April.

Though many people without employee benefits have selected health plans through the state or federally facilitated exchanges, a substantial number of them have yet to pay their first month’s premium, according to a recent report.

Employee benefits is the main way in which people in the U.S. get health insurance, and there’s nothing to suggest that workplaces will begin to offer these plans with less frequency now or several days into the future, according to new survey data.

Despite it increasing their costs, a majority of Americans say they’re not bothered by paying a surcharge if doing so enables more people to maintain or gain employee benefits, according to a recent survey.

For those who don’t have employee benefits and haven’t sought out a health plan on their own or through the exchanges, they may have to pay a fine of $95 or 1 percent of their income. For many, this cost isn’t enough to compel them to purchase coverage, but it likely would be if the price were 10 times higher, according to newly released survey data.

During a recent press conference, President Barack Obama announced that 8 million people have signed up for health coverage thanks to the Affordable Care Act. However, polls and analyses suggest that this figure may be inaccurate.

A movement is afoot that would restore the definition of what qualifies as a full-time worker to 40 hours.