Form 5500 Group Health Plans Research File User Guide

This document is about the user guide for the Form 5500 Group Health Plans Research File, which is an edited dataset consisting of all employer-sponsored private sector welfare plans that are required to file a Form 5500 Annual Return/Report and offered a health benefit to the covered participants. The guide provides details on the selection of plans, determining the method of plan funding, weighting, editing, generated variables, and contents of the research file.