Insurance Component Summary Tables

Table VI.A.2.f(2009) Percent of private-sector establishments that offer health insurance that required a waiting period before new employees were eligible for health insurance by ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2009

 

 

 

Ownership

Age of firm

Division and State

Total

 

For profit, incorporated

 

For profit, unincorporated

 

Nonprofit

 

Less than 5 years

 

5 or more years

 

 

United States

74.0%

76.2%

70.2%

63.3%

64.3%

74.7%

 

New England:

Connecticut

76.7%

79.8%

70.4%

73.2%

64.0%

77.3%

Maine

73.5%

74.2%

85.0%

60.8%

65.9%

74.1%

Massachusetts

62.3%

67.4%

40.5%

54.0%

34.7%

*

64.1%

New Hampshire

72.0%

77.4%

62.7%

56.0%

68.9%

72.1%

Rhode Island

67.7%

65.6%

76.9%

71.0%

33.1%

*

70.1%

Vermont

72.8%

76.1%

71.2%

57.7%

48.5%

*

74.1%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

68.3%

69.7%

67.6%

55.7%

58.3%

69.4%

New York

63.2%

63.8%

63.6%

58.6%

53.3%

64.2%

Pennsylvania

68.5%

72.5%

55.2%

62.2%

64.8%

68.8%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

74.4%

73.4%

81.2%

72.4%

65.3%

74.9%

Indiana

81.4%

85.1%

86.7%

53.0%

47.6%

*

83.1%

Michigan

76.0%

79.1%

67.3%

64.5%

44.5%

*

77.7%

Ohio

73.2%

76.9%

68.3%

56.8%

95.7%

72.2%

Wisconsin

74.0%

78.3%

66.6%

55.8%

82.3%

73.6%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

74.5%

80.4%

59.8%

60.0%

86.9%

73.8%

Kansas

74.0%

78.8%

69.5%

46.1%

92.6%

72.9%

Minnesota

69.1%

70.0%

66.2%

66.5%

43.9%

*

70.6%

Missouri

80.6%

85.3%

75.6%

62.5%

59.3%

81.9%

Nebraska

72.3%

76.9%

58.7%

67.0%

57.2%

*

72.5%

North Dakota

69.8%

75.0%

67.5%

41.1%

41.2%

*

71.1%

South Dakota

70.3%

75.3%

57.9%

60.7%

65.6%

70.6%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

73.8%

78.4%

56.7%

64.9%

63.6%

74.8%

District of Columbia

62.3%

68.4%

58.1%

52.0%

35.9%

*

64.2%

Florida

75.4%

74.5%

87.1%

68.8%

69.1%

75.8%

Georgia

69.5%

68.1%

89.2%

54.8%

77.1%

69.0%

Maryland

71.0%

72.5%

70.3%

61.2%

53.9%

72.5%

North Carolina

75.0%

78.5%

72.1%

57.6%

62.6%

75.7%

South Carolina

77.3%

77.5%

81.2%

67.9%

83.7%

76.7%

Virginia

76.4%

79.9%

65.4%

58.7%

71.3%

76.7%

West Virginia

76.5%

79.0%

75.5%

65.6%

78.0%

76.5%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

72.7%

73.0%

72.3%

70.6%

45.2%

*

74.0%

Kentucky

77.7%

80.3%

70.5%

73.7%

41.0%

*

78.6%

Mississippi

81.6%

84.1%

70.0%

77.4%

65.5%

82.6%

Tennessee

69.0%

72.4%

62.4%

63.0%

68.6%

69.0%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

76.6%

79.1%

71.2%

64.7%

57.1%

78.0%

Louisiana

72.3%

78.9%

56.7%

49.4%

46.7%

*

73.5%

Oklahoma

77.3%

79.7%

79.7%

60.2%

85.6%

76.7%

Texas

78.4%

81.4%

72.9%

62.4%

76.2%

78.6%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

83.6%

81.9%

95.9%

83.1%

68.3%

85.1%

Colorado

71.7%

75.4%

64.6%

51.0%

39.1%

*

74.3%

Idaho

83.7%

87.7%

72.2%

71.1%

62.9%

85.8%

Montana

78.3%

79.6%

88.1%

63.1%

74.7%

78.7%

Nevada

83.3%

82.0%

98.6%

66.5%

77.6%

83.8%

New Mexico

80.2%

81.2%

74.4%

82.0%

66.3%

81.3%

Utah

81.2%

79.8%

85.3%

85.7%

61.1%

82.8%

Wyoming

75.3%

74.5%

75.8%

81.9%

56.3%

77.2%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

75.4%

74.7%

87.5%

65.2%

92.6%

74.4%

California

78.7%

81.5%

70.3%

73.1%

71.4%

79.2%

Hawaii

69.7%

69.8%

70.8%

67.4%

73.9%

69.3%

Oregon

82.9%

82.0%

86.7%

83.4%

55.1%

84.7%

Washington

78.3%

82.1%

62.3%

67.6%

61.6%

79.5%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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.

 

Insurance Component Summary Tables

Table VI.A.2.f(2009) 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 ownership type and age of firm and State: United States, 2009

 

 

 

Ownership

Age of firm

Division and State

Total

 

For profit, incorporated

 

For profit, unincorporated

 

Nonprofit

 

Less than 5 years

 

5 or more years

 

 

United States

0.40%

0.57%

0.92%

1.35%

2.92%

0.32%

 

New England:

Connecticut

3.59%

3.73%

6.06%

8.16%

16.42%

3.40%

Maine

1.83%

2.57%

4.63%

7.84%

15.36%

2.40%

Massachusetts

2.90%

3.44%

7.28%

7.45%

14.75%

*

2.64%

New Hampshire

2.63%

2.74%

6.05%

9.99%

16.53%

3.06%

Rhode Island

2.25%

3.15%

8.18%

10.15%

13.67%

*

2.39%

Vermont

1.98%

2.35%

9.99%

10.13%

16.47%

*

1.54%

 

Middle Atlantic:

New Jersey

3.78%

5.00%

6.84%

10.77%

12.95%

4.03%

New York

3.26%

3.51%

4.03%

9.46%

9.83%

2.93%

Pennsylvania

2.19%

3.10%

7.52%

7.63%

13.15%

1.94%

 

East North Central:

Illinois

3.20%

3.09%

6.84%

6.98%

8.80%

3.68%

Indiana

2.76%

3.51%

5.63%

8.82%

15.12%

*

2.33%

Michigan

1.16%

1.75%

8.80%

8.03%

15.94%

*

1.86%

Ohio

1.21%

1.81%

7.55%

8.63%

10.17%

1.47%

Wisconsin

3.03%

2.78%

8.64%

11.08%

17.94%

2.86%

 

West North Central:

Iowa

2.62%

3.74%

8.70%

9.41%

16.24%

2.78%

Kansas

2.64%

3.31%

9.44%

11.69%

10.15%

2.85%

Minnesota

2.46%

3.22%

7.68%

7.73%

13.55%

*

2.69%

Missouri

3.70%

3.69%

8.96%

7.71%

14.84%

3.36%

Nebraska

2.51%

3.57%

8.52%

12.71%

18.20%

*

2.49%

North Dakota

3.73%

4.17%

7.61%

10.40%

13.90%

*

3.75%

South Dakota

3.56%

4.42%

9.40%

10.01%

15.59%

3.35%

 

South Atlantic:

Delaware

1.68%

2.15%

9.27%

9.86%

12.16%

2.22%

District of Columbia

1.76%

3.07%

7.87%

4.45%

11.61%

*

1.59%

Florida

3.47%

3.81%

6.31%

8.54%

12.81%

3.61%

Georgia

2.98%

4.05%

7.71%

12.60%

13.15%

3.09%

Maryland

3.80%

3.55%

9.12%

9.81%

14.49%

3.52%

North Carolina

3.30%

3.35%

13.34%

11.68%

16.62%

3.26%

South Carolina

1.55%

1.95%

6.73%

11.43%

11.84%

1.70%

Virginia

1.99%

2.72%

9.03%

11.46%

16.54%

1.75%

West Virginia

3.45%

4.29%

7.51%

10.14%

16.04%

3.54%

 

East South Central:

Alabama

1.69%

2.05%

9.94%

10.04%

15.47%

*

1.70%

Kentucky

3.15%

3.41%

7.41%

8.92%

15.71%

*

3.18%

Mississippi

2.54%

2.44%

5.41%

8.01%

13.39%

2.94%

Tennessee

1.51%

2.40%

8.11%

9.15%

17.55%

2.15%

 

West South Central:

Arkansas

2.39%

2.92%

10.44%

9.03%

14.15%

2.60%

Louisiana

3.54%

3.13%

9.03%

13.20%

14.65%

*

3.38%

Oklahoma

3.41%

4.42%

9.07%

6.80%

11.26%

3.55%

Texas

1.71%

2.34%

3.41%

10.59%

7.57%

2.02%

 

Mountain:

Arizona

2.60%

3.27%

6.96%

6.54%

10.75%

2.72%

Colorado

3.67%

4.08%

10.83%

12.92%

15.41%

*

3.84%

Idaho

1.51%

2.08%

8.23%

11.24%

13.57%

2.45%

Montana

3.24%

3.42%

11.26%

11.50%

13.12%

3.42%

Nevada

3.77%

3.68%

1.70%

14.52%

9.00%

4.23%

New Mexico

2.86%

3.15%

6.17%

8.70%

15.81%

2.59%

Utah

3.23%

4.14%

4.61%

10.23%

15.45%

3.05%

Wyoming

3.53%

3.88%

8.10%

10.73%

14.05%

3.05%

 

Pacific:

Alaska

3.60%

3.66%

6.48%

9.87%

15.86%

3.54%

California

1.20%

1.48%

3.66%

6.39%

4.66%

1.23%

Hawaii

2.59%

2.96%

4.69%

9.78%

12.01%

2.62%

Oregon

1.53%

1.73%

6.10%

7.02%

13.97%

1.85%

Washington

2.05%

2.28%

10.46%

9.13%

13.99%

2.03%

 

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends. 2009 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.