In 2000, there were 330,600 health insurance employees (home-office personnel) in the United States. By 2022, this number had increased to over 572 thousand employees. The statistic represents the number of health insurance employees in the United States from 1960 to 2021.
Medicaid is a health care program for families living on a low income. It is funded by both state and federal governments and managed by individual states. The program was created in 1965 under the Social Security Amendments. Total Medicaid spending in the United States is highest in California and New York, reaching some 98 billion U.S. dollars and 73 billion U.S. dollars, respectively, in fiscal year 2020. There were about 12.8 million Medicaid (and CHIP) enrollees in California and 6.8 million enrollees in New York as of 2021.
Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2021*
* Statistic represents home-office personnel. Figures comprise only those on the payroll of insurers that participate in the unemployment insurance program.
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American Council of Life Insurers. (November 28, 2022). Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2021* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/194229/number-of-health-insurance-employees-in-the-us-since-1960/
American Council of Life Insurers. "Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2021*." Chart. November 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194229/number-of-health-insurance-employees-in-the-us-since-1960/
American Council of Life Insurers. (2022). Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2021*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/194229/number-of-health-insurance-employees-in-the-us-since-1960/
American Council of Life Insurers. "Number of Health Insurance Home-office Employees in The U.S. from 1960 to 2021*." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Nov 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194229/number-of-health-insurance-employees-in-the-us-since-1960/
American Council of Life Insurers, Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2021* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/194229/number-of-health-insurance-employees-in-the-us-since-1960/ (last visited December 11, 2024)
Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2021* [Graph], American Council of Life Insurers, November 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/194229/number-of-health-insurance-employees-in-the-us-since-1960/