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, 2018


  Total
(in thousands of persons)
Standard error
Total enrollees 18,351 561
Active enrollees 13,077 374
Enrollees through COBRA 71 5
Retired enrollees 5,203 229
Enrollees with single coverage 9,440 287
  Total
(in millions of dollars)
Standard error
Total costs 234,911 8,057
Employer contribution single coverage 57,277 2,146
Employee contribution single coverage 12,254 445
Employer contribution non-single* coverage 126,899 5,652
Employee contribution non-single* coverage 38,481 1,071

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2018 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.