Health insurance in the United States

Statistics report on health insurance in the U.S.

Health insurance in the United States

This report has been compiled to provide an overview of health insurance in the United States. It includes figures on private health insurance coverage, Medicare and Medicaid, health insurance among veterans, the uninsured, and the leading health insurance companies in the United States.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. Americans with any health insurance 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. Americans with health insurance 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Health insurance status of the U.S. population 2021
  • Premium Statistic U.S. Americans with public health insurance 1997-2022
  • Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on health insurance 2007-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. health spending per enrollee by insurance 2020 and 2021
  • Basic Statistic Spending distribution of Medicare and Medicaid 2021
  • Premium Statistic Views on government responsibility for provision of healthcare in the U.S. 2000-2023

Private health insurance

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  • Premium Statistic Number of U.S. Americans with private health insurance in 2022, by type
  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. population with private health insurance coverage 1984-2019
  • Premium Statistic Number of persons in the U.S. with private health insurance coverage 1984-2019
  • Basic Statistic U.S. workers covered by self-funded health insurance plans 1999-2023
  • Basic Statistic Health costs distribution of private insurance and out-of-pocket payments U.S. 2021
  • Premium Statistic Average annual cost of health insurance deductibles in the U.S. 2010-2023
  • Basic Statistic Annual premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance in 2022, by state
  • Basic Statistic Employee contribution to employer-sponsored health insurance by US state 2022

Medicare

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  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicare 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Medicare enrollment from 1966-2022, by type of beneficiary
  • Basic Statistic Total Medicare spending 1970-2022
  • Basic Statistic Total Medicare income 1970-2022
  • Basic Statistic Medicare actual costs 2017-2021 by setting
  • Basic Statistic Characteristics of the Medicare population 2020

Medicaid

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  • Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicaid 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Total Medicaid enrollment 1966-2022
  • Premium Statistic CHIP enrollment number 1999-2022
  • Premium Statistic Medicaid enrollment and expenditure by enrollment group 2021
  • Basic Statistic Total Medicaid expenditure 1975-2022
  • Basic Statistic Total Medicaid federal and state expenditures in the U.S. 1966-2019

Veterans

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  • Basic Statistic Percentage of U.S. Americans insured by military health care 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic U.S. adults insured by military health care 1990-2022
  • Basic Statistic Share of U.S. WWP veterans with health care coverage as of 2022, by type of coverage
  • Premium Statistic Reasons U.S. veterans with the WWP use VA as their primary care provider 2018-2020
  • Premium Statistic Reasons U.S. veterans with the WWP don't use the VA health services 2021
  • Basic Statistic Quality ratings of health care provided by the VA in the U.S. as of 2022
  • Basic Statistic Views on VA health care compared to general health care in the U.S. as of 2022

Uninsured

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  • Premium Statistic Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2022
  • Basic Statistic Number of people in the U.S. without health insurance 1997-2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of people in the U.S. without health insurance by age 1997-2022
  • Premium Statistic Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance by ethnicity 2010-2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of total U.S. population without health insurance in 2021, by state
  • Premium Statistic Percentage and rate of uninsured U.S. adult workers 2022, by industry

Leading companies

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  • Premium Statistic Largest healthcare companies in U.S. 2024, by revenue
  • Premium Statistic Leading health insurance companies in the U.S. 2021, by direct premiums written
  • Premium Statistic Market share of leading U.S. health insurance companies 2021, by direct premiums
  • Premium Statistic Leading Medicare Advantage organizations by enrollment 2023
  • Premium Statistic Operating margins of top U.S. health insurers 2015-2019

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