1999 Data from the MEPS Insurance Component Are Now Available

Press Release Date: September 27, 2001

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released summary information on the average health insurance premiums for employer-sponsored coverage for calendar year 1999, based on data from AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component (MEPS IC). The MEPS IC includes a sample of businesses and governments throughout the United States each year beginning in 1996. From these data, national, regional, and state-level estimates can be made of the amount, types, and costs of health insurance available to Americans through their workplace. Highlights from the findings on private-sector employers follow:

More 1999 information on private-sector employers, as well as information on public-sector employers, is available in tabular form on the Web at http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/Insurance.jsp, or contact Jim Branscome at JBransco@ahrq.gov. Data from the 1996, 1997 and 1998 MEPS IC are available through MEPSnet/IC, an interactive analytical tool, at http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/MEPSnetIC.jsp. General information about AHRQ and MEPS can be found on the AHRQ Web site.

For additional information, please contact AHRQ Public Affairs, (301) 427-1364: Karen Carp, (301) 427-1858 (KCarp@ahrq.gov).


Internet Citation:

1999 Data from the MEPS Insurance Component Are Now Available. Press Release, September 27, 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/news/press/pr2001/mepsicpr.htm


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