Table IV.B.1 National totals for enrollees and cost of hospitalization and physician service health plans for the State and local government sector: United States, 2015

  Total
(in thousands of persons)
Standard error
Total Enrollees 18,192 248
Active enrollees 12,906 160
Enrollees through COBRA      113   17
Retired enrollees   5,174 131
Enrollees with single coverage   8,819 126
  Total
(in millions of dollars)
Standard error
Total costs 210,851 3,101
Employer contribution single coverage    48,542    681
Employee contribution single coverage     9,670    322
Employer contribution non-single* coverage 117,695 2,081
Employee contribution non-single* coverage   34,944    679

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

Notes: Definitions and descriptions of the methods used for this survey can be found in the Technical Appendix. Totals may not sum exactly because of rounding.

*Prior to 2010, non-single coverage was labeled as family coverage. This was a labeling change only and the estimates, which include both employee-plus-one and family coverage, are comparable across years.