Form 5500 Group Health Plans Research File

This document is about a user guide for the 2008 Form 5500 Group Health Plans Research File, an edited dataset consisting of all employer-sponsored private-sector welfare plans that are required to file a Form 5500 Annual Return/Report and indicate that the plan offered health benefits to the covered participants. The guide covers the selection of plans for the research file, determining the method of plan funding, editing of the data, and the OPR generated variables included in the file.