Table III.A.2.e(2008) Percent of State and local governments offering health insurance by plan options and insurance offerings to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2008
Census division/ government type and size Two or more plans Conventional indemnity Any managed care Exclusive provider Mixed provider Insurance to retirees under 651 Insurance to retirees 65 and over1 With waiting period
United States 36.4%    11.9%    93.1%    30.4%    78.0%    42.4%    33.3%    59.0%   
Census division:
New England 54.7%    26.8%    93.6%    52.1%    63.6%    45.5%    52.6%    45.9%   
Middle Atlantic 38.2%    20.8%    87.8%    29.7%    73.4%    47.2%    50.4%    50.5%   
East North Central 29.4%    6.4%    96.1%    26.2%    83.3%    38.7%    33.1%    57.7%   
West North Central 31.8%    8.8%    92.8%    17.2%    81.5%    43.3%    12.9%    52.0%   
South Atlantic 37.9%    8.8%    95.8%    31.5%    83.0%    49.9%    42.4%    77.9%   
East South Central 27.4%    8.4%    92.4%    21.1%    78.6%    43.7%    30.4%    75.6%   
West South Central 31.8%    12.6%    93.0%    36.5%    67.0%    32.1%    27.3%    65.6%   
Mountain 36.9%    11.0% * 91.4%    32.1%    74.8%    43.0%    27.8%    60.0%   
Pacific 52.0%    10.6% * 93.8%    41.5%    85.6%    44.0%    30.3%    58.5%   
Government type and size:
State governments 75.7%    8.5%    98.0%    50.2%    89.8%    87.6%    82.6%    66.6%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 28.6%    11.8%    92.1%    28.1%    75.5%    34.4%    27.8%    56.7%   
   250-999 employees 61.3%    12.6%    96.1%    33.4%    85.9%    69.6%    48.8%    65.0%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 69.6%    11.5%    97.9%    46.3%    88.8%    73.4%    57.9%    69.8%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 77.0%    7.6%    98.2%    51.5%    87.9%    73.5%    69.2%    78.9%   
   10,000 or more employees 87.7%    6.9%    99.3%    70.9%    89.4%    92.1%    83.9%    78.1%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

1 Corrected estimates.

 

Table III.A.2.e(2008) Standard error for percent of State and local governments offering health insurance by plan options and insurance offerings to retirees by census division and government type and size: United States, 2008
Census division/ government type and size Two or more plans Conventional indemnity Any managed care Exclusive provider Mixed provider Insurance to retirees under 651 Insurance to retirees 65 and over1 With waiting period
United States 1.79%    1.30%    1.35%    1.80%    1.96%    1.30%    2.34%    1.96%   
Census division:
New England 4.62%    3.09%    1.84%    5.70%    4.59%    7.17%    5.53%    3.65%   
Middle Atlantic 4.81%    3.73%    3.47%    3.84%    2.74%    5.41%    6.52%    4.83%   
East North Central 4.13%    1.89%    1.74%    4.44%    5.13%    5.18%    5.62%    4.74%   
West North Central 4.05%    2.45%    2.59%    2.68%    3.83%    3.84%    1.53%    4.18%   
South Atlantic 4.44%    2.51%    2.50%    3.13%    4.81%    7.28%    5.72%    3.74%   
East South Central 3.17%    2.35%    2.31%    4.51%    5.65%    4.80%    4.91%    2.41%   
West South Central 4.12%    3.14%    3.27%    5.84%    6.31%    5.11%    4.53%    4.86%   
Mountain 5.08%    5.06% * 3.87%    4.69%    4.17%    5.69%    2.06%    3.68%   
Pacific 5.91%    4.54% * 3.43%    5.89%    5.34%    4.63%    5.21%    5.12%   
Government type and size:
State governments 0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%   
Local governments:
   Less than 250 employees 1.97%    1.61%    1.75%    1.97%    2.49%    1.43%    2.82%    2.66%   
   250-999 employees 2.15%    1.57%    0.59%    2.60%    1.35%    1.81%    1.64%    1.25%   
   1,000-4,999 employees 3.49%    2.16%    0.50%    4.60%    1.53%    3.19%    3.41%    2.70%   
   5,000-9,999 employees 2.37%    1.51%    0.21%    2.80%    1.85%    4.20%    5.49%    1.91%   
   10,000 or more employees 0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%    0.00%   

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2008 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

* Figure does not meet standard of reliability or precision.

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

1 Corrected estimates.