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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. Learn more about MEPS.

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MEPS Topics
bullet Access to Health Care bullet Health Insurance bullet Prescription Drugs
bullet Children's Health bullet Medical Conditions bullet Projected Data/Expenditures
bullet Children's Insurance Coverage bullet Medicare/Medicaid/SCHIP bullet Quality of Health Care
bullet Elderly Health Care bullet Men's Health bullet State and Metro Area Estimates
bullet Health Care Costs/Expenditures bullet Mental Health bullet The Uninsured
bullet Health Care Disparities bullet Obesity bullet Women's Health
 
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New Data Files
The 2009 Panel 13 Round 3/Panel 14 Round 1 Population Characteristics File (MEPS HC-117) is the fourteenth point in time data file to be released from the MEPS study. This file contains person-level data collected during the first half of the 2009 calendar year.

New Tables
Tables of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2009 MEPS Insurance Component are now available. These interactive, summary tables provide national-, state-, and metro-level estimates of such topical areas as offers and enrollments; number and types of insurance plans; premiums, benefits, contributions by employers and employees; and employer characteristics.

New Publications
Among the 10 largest states, Ohio had the lowest average premiums and New York the highest--with average single premiums ranging from $4,261 to $5,121, employee-plus-one premiums from $8,353 to $9,766, and family premiums from $11,870 to $13,757. - From Statistical Brief 286: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2009

In 2009, the average annual family coverage premiums ($13,027) were much higher than those for employee-plus-one coverage ($9,053), which in turn were much higher than single coverage premiums ($4,669) in the private sector. Compared with those with single coverage, employees with non-single coverage also contributed a larger amount toward their premium both in terms of dollars and percentage of total premium cost. - From Statistical Brief 285: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2009

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