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MEPS HC-232 CODEBOOK
2021 PERSON ROUND PLAN FILE
DATE: July 7, 2023

Name
Start
End
Description
NAMECHNG
227   
228   
Plan name change
UPRHMO
224   
226   
HMO coverage (edited)
HSAACCT
222   
223   
HSA with this plan
ANNDEDCT
220   
221   
Annual deductible
PREMSUBZ
218   
219   
Cost of the premium subsidized
PREMLEVX
215   
217   
Portion of premium paid by family (edited)
OOPFLAG
213   
214   
OOPPREMX edit/imputation flag
OOPX12X
205   
212   
Annual out-of-pocket premium (edited/imputed)
OOPPREMX
198   
204   
Monthly out-of-pocket premium (edited/imputed)
OOPPREM
191   
197   
Monthly out-of-pocket premium
OOPELIG
190   
190   
Policyholder-insurance source has premium
COVTYPIN
189   
189   
Single or family health insurance coverage plan
PLANMETL
187   
188   
Plan metal level
COBRA
184   
186   
COBRA coverage
PMEDINS
182   
183   
Type health insurance received: prescription drug
VISIONIN
180   
181   
Type health insurance received: vision
DENTLINS
178   
179   
Type health insurance received: dental
MSUPINSX
176   
177   
Type health insurance received: Medigap (edited)
HOSPINSX
174   
175   
Type health insurance received: hosp phys/HMO (ed)
PrivateCat
172   
173   
Category of private coverage
STEXCH
170   
171   
State exchange coverage
TYPEFLAG
168   
169   
Type of insurance source
COVROUT_M18
166   
167   
Policy covers person not in RU
NOPUFLG
165   
165   
Policyholder not in full year file
OUTPHLDR
164   
164   
Out-of-RU policyholder flag
DECPHLDR
163   
163   
Deceased policyholder flag
STAT12
161   
162   
Insurance active in December
STAT11
159   
160   
Insurance active in November
STAT10
157   
158   
Insurance active in October
STAT9
155   
156   
Insurance active in September
STAT8
153   
154   
Insurance active in August
STAT7
151   
152   
Insurance active in July
STAT6
149   
150   
Insurance active in June
STAT5
147   
148   
Insurance active in May
STAT4
145   
146   
Insurance active in April
STAT3
143   
144   
Insurance active in March
STAT2
141   
142   
Insurance active in February
STAT1
139   
140   
Insurance active in January
EVALCOVR
137   
138   
Covered at interview or December 31st
DEPNDNT
136   
136   
Dependent of policy holder flag
PHOLDER
135   
135   
Policy holder flag
EMPLSTAT
132   
134   
Policyholder employment status
CMJINS
129   
131   
Current main job is the source of plan
FYFLG
128   
128   
Person in full year file
JOBSFILE
125   
127   
Jobs file containing job information
JOBSINFR
123   
124   
Job identifier inferred not reported
JOBSIDX
109   
122   
Policyholder job-round identifier
RN
108   
108   
Round number
PANEL
106   
107   
Panel number
InsurPrivIDEX
92   
105   
Unique insurance plcy source-insurance identifier
EPRSIDX
67   
91   
Unique insurance policy-source
ESTBIDX
56   
66   
Insurance source identifier
PHLDRIDX
46   
55   
Policyholder person identifier
DUPERSID
36   
45   
Person identifier
EPCPIDX
1   
35   
Insurance source-phldr-dependent identifier
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