This 14-page report on health benefits serves as a guide to the types of health insurance coverage widely available to employers, displayed in a format designed for comparisons of various plans' features.

To learn about this most important benefit, start here: You'll find a concise overview of how employer-sponsored health coverage took hold in the workplace and what it has become today. The tables display facts about health benefits and the rules that frame them, and summarize the major types of health plans and tax-favored health accounts that employers can offer their employees.

In addition, review the list of terms used by health benefits professionals and the lists of services that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service approves or rejects for tax advantages.

The information in this special report is not specific to the plans provided by each insurer, however, and is not intended to be a sole source of information.