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, 2017

  Total
(in thousands of persons)
Standard error
Total Enrollees 17,921 723
Active enrollees 13,062 438
Enrollees through COBRA 81 5
Retired enrollees 4,778 315
Enrollees with single coverage 9,303 409
  Total
(in millions of dollars)
Standard error
Total costs 218,760 8,528
Employer contribution single coverage 54,361 2,732
Employee contribution single coverage 11,682 642
Employer contribution non-single* coverage 116,366 5,216
Employee contribution non-single* coverage 36,350 1,487

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2017 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.