Table II.A.2.f(2006) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Less than 10 employees

 

10-24 employees

 

25-99 employees

 

100-999 employees

 

1000 or more employees

 

Less than 50 employees

 

50 or more employees

 

 

United States

73.8%

54.4%

83.8%

88.8%

90.6%

81.4%

65.7%

84.7%

 

New England:

Connecticut

74.1%

53.9%

80.8%

94.7%

88.4%

87.9%

66.2%

87.8%

Maine

78.4%

59.2%

86.1%

92.5%

98.0%

86.1%

70.6%

92.0%

Massachusetts

61.9%

43.7%

63.9%

77.6%

73.1%

85.9%

51.8%

78.9%

New Hampshire

72.8%

54.8%

91.7%

87.3%

92.5%

70.3%

68.0%

80.6%

Rhode Island

66.8%

52.1%

80.6%

73.4%

89.9%

75.8%

60.3%

81.7%

Vermont

69.7%

48.1%

74.2%

92.1%

100.0%

86.6%

59.5%

92.0%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

70.0%

56.4%

91.5%

88.5%

90.7%

70.6%

66.4%

76.4%

New York

65.4%

48.3%

77.8%

81.3%

82.0%

83.1%

57.1%

83.3%

Pennsylvania

69.9%

50.7%

73.1%

78.7%

91.5%

80.5%

59.6%

83.2%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

72.5%

49.4%

83.0%

86.8%

88.6%

80.3%

64.3%

82.8%

Indiana

77.6%

48.1%

78.3%

97.5%

93.3%

84.3%

64.7%

87.8%

Michigan

73.7%

44.7%

89.7%

93.0%

95.4%

88.2%

62.2%

90.6%

Ohio

71.5%

52.1%

76.5%

92.8%

98.0%

71.5%

63.4%

81.2%

Wisconsin

74.0%

48.3%

79.2%

90.9%

91.5%

93.0%

61.3%

91.5%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

72.8%

52.8%

87.8%

88.5%

99.9%

72.7%

64.9%

82.8%

Kansas

71.8%

46.5%

81.1%

90.6%

95.8%

80.2%

60.1%

86.9%

Minnesota

76.3%

47.9%

77.8%

100.0%

98.1%

83.6%

64.7%

90.7%

Missouri

72.2%

49.1%

84.0%

86.9%

85.4%

81.0%

63.6%

84.2%

Nebraska

70.0%

40.5%

65.5%

91.2%

95.2%

82.1%

51.5%

88.9%

North Dakota

62.8%

37.4%

72.5%

68.1%

87.4%

83.7%

50.6%

83.4%

South Dakota

74.2%

49.7%

82.5%

97.7%

89.8%

76.6%

67.4%

83.0%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

71.2%

54.6%

83.6%

76.2%

88.8%

77.4%

62.4%

81.5%

District of Columbia

66.3%

44.1%

76.7%

69.0%

83.0%

76.1%

56.5%

77.0%

Florida

76.6%

54.3%

96.4%

91.6%

94.9%

89.2%

66.3%

91.2%

Georgia

75.0%

60.2%

83.1%

87.5%

90.2%

74.1%

71.7%

78.3%

Maryland

71.2%

53.6%

85.3%

86.7%

93.9%

77.4%

65.0%

82.3%

North Carolina

74.4%

61.3%

91.5%

85.3%

93.4%

72.6%

70.6%

79.3%

South Carolina

79.1%

60.8%

98.8%

87.3%

99.0%

77.1%

74.1%

83.8%

Virginia

77.3%

57.4%

72.5%

91.4%

93.9%

91.1%

64.8%

92.6%

West Virginia

80.2%

66.7%

76.9%

96.2%

85.9%

84.8%

72.9%

86.4%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

69.3%

46.9%

71.0%

78.7%

92.1%

82.3%

56.6%

84.4%

Kentucky

75.9%

58.2%

80.7%

81.7%

81.8%

86.2%

68.5%

83.8%

Mississippi

77.5%

61.0%

78.3%

91.6%

78.9%

83.2%

71.6%

82.1%

Tennessee

80.3%

67.4%

85.3%

83.2%

82.6%

86.6%

73.9%

85.6%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.8%

63.9%

72.8%

85.3%

95.7%

78.2%

67.0%

86.0%

Louisiana

80.8%

56.8%

86.1%

85.0%

91.1%

94.5%

67.8%

92.8%

Oklahoma

79.7%

61.9%

90.0%

90.5%

100.0%

86.2%

73.5%

88.8%

Texas

73.8%

54.2%

86.2%

91.1%

86.0%

75.3%

68.0%

78.8%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

80.6%

55.6%

94.9%

93.8%

99.8%

84.7%

70.0%

90.0%

Colorado

70.5%

52.1%

83.4%

93.5%

92.3%

72.4%

64.6%

79.2%

Idaho

74.5%

58.1%

92.4%

89.4%

89.9%

77.7%

68.9%

84.1%

Montana

78.0%

52.4%

90.4%

94.2%

94.1%

99.3%

67.6%

97.7%

Nevada

86.9%

73.5%

95.5%

94.0%

99.1%

93.7%

80.6%

94.9%

New Mexico

76.6%

56.7%

83.0%

96.5%

81.6%

84.0%

68.9%

84.6%

Utah

77.1%

58.3%

86.3%

86.9%

94.8%

83.2%

67.5%

88.1%

Wyoming

64.1%

32.5%

90.7%

100.0%

95.5%

80.5%

52.1%

87.2%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

79.9%

70.0%

84.8%

85.2%

82.8%

81.0%

77.0%

82.5%

California

77.6%

60.9%

90.1%

91.4%

91.0%

82.6%

72.4%

85.8%

Hawaii

74.1%

59.3%

88.0%

87.7%

94.3%

87.3%

67.3%

89.1%

Oregon

77.2%

60.5%

90.2%

93.9%

94.1%

82.3%

71.0%

88.2%

Washington

82.3%

73.0%

90.1%

95.3%

92.1%

81.8%

79.9%

85.7%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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

 

Table II.A.2.f(2006) Standard error for percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by firm size and State: United States, 2006

 

Division and State

Total

 

Less than 10 employees

 

10-24 employees

 

25-99 employees

 

100-999 employees

 

1000 or more employees

 

Less than 50 employees

 

50 or more employees

 

 

United States

0.43%

0.96%

0.86%

0.98%

1.13%

1.05%

0.63%

0.75%

 

New England:

Connecticut

4.03%

7.05%

5.58%

3.78%

4.98%

5.50%

5.68%

3.81%

Maine

2.56%

5.52%

6.19%

3.37%

1.94%

4.68%

3.51%

2.04%

Massachusetts

3.11%

5.30%

9.25%

7.40%

7.17%

5.05%

4.45%

3.38%

New Hampshire

3.88%

4.85%

4.78%

4.62%

3.56%

7.55%

5.00%

5.03%

Rhode Island

1.72%

5.39%

6.13%

10.27%

6.84%

7.40%

2.95%

5.58%

Vermont

2.68%

4.05%

6.75%

10.17%

0.00%

5.94%

2.87%

3.14%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

2.18%

2.92%

4.35%

6.44%

3.17%

7.87%

1.89%

5.82%

New York

2.01%

3.01%

4.18%

5.59%

4.68%

4.79%

2.27%

3.17%

Pennsylvania

2.93%

4.91%

5.55%

5.57%

3.59%

6.35%

3.49%

3.92%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

3.46%

6.28%

7.73%

4.87%

4.47%

5.81%

4.98%

3.56%

Indiana

2.03%

5.92%

10.24%

3.35%

3.11%

6.42%

4.36%

4.41%

Michigan

4.18%

8.54%

7.36%

4.03%

2.27%

4.01%

5.63%

2.74%

Ohio

3.01%

5.90%

7.29%

3.49%

1.96%

6.99%

4.95%

4.72%

Wisconsin

2.96%

5.91%

10.47%

4.18%

3.90%

4.01%

3.54%

2.76%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.28%

5.18%

9.92%

4.04%

0.06%

8.11%

2.64%

5.14%

Kansas

4.62%

9.40%

4.46%

4.58%

3.54%

5.36%

5.66%

3.62%

Minnesota

4.14%

8.15%

10.77%

0.00%

4.90%

5.61%

6.19%

3.60%

Missouri

2.56%

4.79%

6.83%

6.42%

5.95%

5.70%

5.26%

4.00%

Nebraska

3.12%

6.02%

10.70%

10.29%

4.50%

6.56%

4.11%

4.32%

North Dakota

3.25%

6.00%

5.58%

8.46%

8.52%

6.30%

4.37%

4.51%

South Dakota

2.40%

4.71%

5.43%

14.64%

4.79%

8.07%

2.88%

4.41%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

3.89%

5.84%

11.47%

8.06%

5.50%

6.55%

5.81%

4.24%

District of Columbia

3.18%

10.15%

7.94%

6.72%

6.72%

5.34%

6.32%

2.62%

Florida

3.25%

6.65%

1.82%

3.11%

4.50%

2.35%

4.47%

1.96%

Georgia

2.82%

8.83%

11.20%

4.88%

3.64%

6.23%

4.25%

3.51%

Maryland

4.36%

7.85%

10.46%

9.91%

3.32%

4.55%

6.31%

2.62%

North Carolina

3.40%

7.48%

6.83%

5.28%

8.28%

9.42%

4.87%

6.26%

South Carolina

3.59%

8.13%

1.16%

6.25%

10.72%

6.89%

5.48%

4.90%

Virginia

2.38%

6.12%

6.52%

4.02%

7.31%

3.57%

4.92%

1.94%

West Virginia

2.33%

7.53%

10.12%

10.23%

5.72%

3.71%

4.83%

2.82%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

3.39%

7.82%

6.85%

7.10%

3.93%

5.45%

5.31%

3.83%

Kentucky

2.35%

4.61%

4.15%

8.31%

6.74%

4.93%

2.91%

3.23%

Mississippi

3.34%

8.72%

11.52%

4.89%

7.13%

5.31%

4.35%

3.88%

Tennessee

2.98%

8.49%

6.97%

6.65%

9.14%

4.35%

3.44%

4.48%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

4.08%

9.27%

12.67%

7.41%

2.65%

5.20%

7.12%

3.33%

Louisiana

2.14%

6.26%

10.68%

5.08%

6.89%

2.92%

3.56%

3.39%

Oklahoma

4.73%

6.67%

9.71%

3.77%

0.00%

4.58%

5.68%

3.29%

Texas

2.23%

5.60%

4.76%

3.73%

5.06%

4.08%

4.61%

3.43%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

4.57%

9.47%

10.34%

8.04%

0.13%

4.92%

6.45%

3.15%

Colorado

3.82%

7.14%

4.83%

2.78%

4.14%

9.08%

5.63%

5.46%

Idaho

2.96%

5.19%

10.22%

7.06%

5.94%

9.28%

4.11%

4.96%

Montana

2.78%

6.33%

5.10%

3.95%

3.89%

14.81%

4.26%

1.33%

Nevada

3.47%

5.78%

11.34%

4.46%

2.48%

5.55%

4.30%

3.91%

New Mexico

3.27%

7.24%

7.75%

3.07%

8.66%

5.99%

4.63%

5.28%

Utah

2.86%

7.90%

10.05%

5.62%

2.67%

6.36%

5.27%

3.57%

Wyoming

6.81%

7.85%

9.99%

0.00%

5.56%

7.07%

8.24%

4.26%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

4.04%

7.28%

5.82%

5.46%

10.47%

8.81%

5.26%

4.54%

California

2.09%

4.42%

3.29%

2.60%

2.46%

4.09%

3.17%

2.70%

Hawaii

2.45%

4.78%

8.11%

5.52%

4.31%

4.27%

3.49%

3.20%

Oregon

2.33%

4.12%

4.29%

4.23%

3.29%

9.09%

2.67%

3.65%

Washington

2.40%

4.79%

4.58%

5.71%

3.63%

7.14%

3.55%

4.53%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2006 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component.

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