Table III.A.2.h Percent of State and local governments offering health insurance that offer health insurance to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2015
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 49.2%    39.8%   
Census division:
New England 59.1%    59.5%   
Middle Atlantic 57.1%    55.3%   
East North Central 47.1%    32.4%   
West North Central 39.9%    21.8%   
South Atlantic 57.0%    44.3%   
East South Central 45.3%    26.6%   
West South Central 47.5%    44.2%   
Mountain 31.8%    22.3%   
Pacific 58.2%    53.0%   
Government type and size:
State governments 81.3%    71.4%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 39.8%    33.4%   
   250-999 employees 73.7%    55.7%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 82.4%    62.6%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 79.8%    60.8%   
   10,000 or more employees 81.0%** 72.1%**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.

 

Table III.A.2.h Standard errors for percent of State and local governments offering health insurance that offer health insurance to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2015
Census division/ government type and size Insurance to retirees under 65 Insurance to retirees 65 and over
United States 1.81%    1.68%   
Census division:
New England 4.58%    4.54%   
Middle Atlantic 5.88%    5.72%   
East North Central 4.73%    4.31%   
West North Central 4.90%    4.29%   
South Atlantic 4.95%    4.68%   
East South Central 4.77%    3.70%   
West South Central 5.19%    4.93%   
Mountain 4.51%    3.90%   
Pacific 5.89%    5.57%   
Government type and size:
State governments 0.00%    0.00%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 2.24%    2.14%   
   250-999 employees 2.03%    2.25%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 2.11%    2.60%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 1.75%    2.22%   
   10,000 or more employees 0.24%** 0.35%**

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2015 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

Note: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix.

** Positive standard error is the result of one or more non-certainty unit(s) in a size category that has historically contained only certainty units.

Standard errors of zero indicate that all governments in the category are in the survey.

Retiree estimates for years prior to 2011 are provided in Table III.A.2.e for those earlier years.