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Insurance/Employer Component

The MEPS Insurance Component fields questionnaires to private and public sector employers to collect data on the private health insurance plans offered, benefits, annual premiums, annual contributions by employers and employees, eligibility, and employer characteristics.

MEPS-IC Data Tools and Tables

MEPS-IC data tools: Maps, trends, and cross-sectional bar charts for topics related to national and state-level employer-based health insurance for employer characteristics/offerings; employee take-up; premiums; contributions; and cost-sharing:

  • Private sector - National
  • Private sector - State
  • Private sector - Metro areas
  • Public Sector
  • Civilian

Complete Table Series PDFs: Access PDF tables with frequently used data on employer-based health insurance.

State tables in Spreadsheet format: Download Excel files of 1-year and 3-year private-sector data by state.

MEPS-IC 2022 Chartbook

MEPS Insurance Component Chartbook 2022 (PDF, 9.8MB) or HTML format: This chartbook provides both single-year and multiyear trend analyses using private-sector MEPS-IC data from 2010 to 2022. To best convey key information from the MEPS-IC, the report is presented in five sections: Health Insurance Offer Rates; Employee Eligibility and Enrollment; Health Insurance Premiums; Employee and Employer Premium Contributions; and Employee Cost Sharing. Each section provides charts and discussion with links to MEPS-IC data tables that contain the estimates and standard errors for each exhibit.

MEPS Insurance Component 2022 Presentation Slides (may open in new window) or HTML format: PowerPoint slides with charts from the 2022 MEPS-Insurance Component Chartbook are available for use in presentations. Please note that the 2022 IC Chartbook PowerPoint file may not open in the current window. Depending on the browser you are using and its current settings, you may need to select an option in a separate window to download and then view the file.

MEPS Insurance Component 2021 Data Visualizations: Interactive dashboards based on the 2021 MEPS-IC Chartbook displaying employee cost sharing by firm size and year.

MEPS-IC Survey details: The following links provide the detailed information on the objectives, instruments, and procedures for data collection in the IC:

Questionnaires

Glossary of terms used in survey questionnaires (PDF, 298 KB) or HTML format

Sample Design and Data Collection Process

Sample size

Response rates

Technical Notes and Survey Documentation

  • Update Notes
  • Reliability of Estimates: 2014 Standard Error Change

Precision Standards Guidelines for Reporting MEPS-IC Descriptive Statistics

Methodology Reports

MEPS-IC External Publications

FAQs about the Insurance Component

Due to confidentiality rules, data files for the Insurance Component are not available for public release. There are no projected estimates made for the Insurance Component.

Federal Statistical Research Data Centers

Researchers with approved projects can access confidential Insurance Component data files (research version) at the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. Detailed information on using these research facilities is available on the Federal Statistical Research Data Center Program web site. If you would like to use MEPS Insurance Component data at the Federal Statistical Research Data Centers, please contact AHRQ so that we can assist you with your request.

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