New Health Insurance Data from the MEPS Survey Now Available on the MEPS Website

New Health Insurance Data from the MEPS Survey Now Available on the MEPS Website.

Tables of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2011 MEPS Insurance Component Survey. These summary tables provide national-, state-, and metro-level estimates of offers and enrollments; number and types of insurance plans; premiums, benefits, contributions by employers and employees; and employer characteristics.  In addition to the tables, there are two statistical briefs that report on specific estimates from the tables.

•  Single coverage premiums averaged $5,222 per year compared with $10,329 for employee-plus-one premiums and $15,022 for family premiums - From Statistical Brief 376: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage in the Private Sector: Selection and Cost, 2011.
•  Nationwide, 17.3 percent of employees with single coverage, 7.9 percent with employee-plus-one coverage, and 9.7 percent with family coverage made no contribution toward their premiums. - From Statistical Brief 375: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2011. 

Health Insurance Coverage Tables for the full year 2010 (Tables 1a-5a) from the MEPS Household Component are now available. These summary tables include data on health insurance coverage by type of coverage and selected population characteristics.