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Health insurance in the United States - Important statistics
- 1. Overview of market
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Leading health insurance companies in the U.S. 2017, by direct premiums writtenLeading health insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by direct premiums written (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Market share of leading U.S. health insurance companies 2016, by direct premiums
Market share of leading health insurance companies in the United States in 2016, by direct premiums written
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Leading global life and health insurance (stock) companies 2017, by revenueLeading global life and health insurance (stock) companies in 2017, by revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Leading U.S. life/health insurance writers in 2017, by direct premiums writtenLeading life and health insurance companies in the United States in 2017, by direct premiums written (in billion U.S. dollars)
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U.S. life insurers: income from net health insurance premiums 2000-2017Income of life insurers from net health insurance premiums in the United States from 2000 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
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Total revenue of U.S. life and health insurance industry 2009-2017Total revenue of life and health insurance industry in the United States from 2009 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Combined US costs of health administration and private health insurance 1960-2016
Combined U.S. government health administration and net cost of private health insurance from 1960 to 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
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Distribution of U.S. population with health insurance 2011-2017, by coverageDistribution of the U.S. population with health insurance from 2011 to 2017, by coverage type*
- 2. Demographics of the uninsured
- U.S. Americans without health insurance 2010-2017
Number of people without health insurance in the United States from 2010 to 2017 (in millions)
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Percentage of U.S. Americans without health insurance 1997-2017Percentage of people without health insurance in the United States from 1997 to 2017
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Share of U.S. Americans without health insurance by age 2014-2017Share of people without health insurance in the United States from 2014 to 2017, by age
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Americans without health insurance 2017Percentage of people in the U.S. without health insurance in 2013 and 2017, by demographic group*
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Percentage of U.S. Americans without health insurance by ethnicity 2010-2017Percentage of people without health insurance in the United States from 2010 to 2017, by ethnicity
- 3. Demographics of the insured
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U.S. Americans with health insurance 1990-2017Number of people with health insurance in the United States from 1990 to 2017 (in millions)
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U.S. Americans with public health insurance 1997-2017Share of people with public health insurance in the United States from 1997 to 2017
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Percentage of U.S. Americans with any health insurance 1990-2017Percentage of people with any health insurance in the United States from 1990 to 2017
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U.S. Americans with private health insurance 1997-2017Share of people with private health insurance in the United States from 1997 to 2017
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Total Medicaid enrollment 1966-2018Total Medicaid enrollment from 1966 to 2018 (in millions)
- Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicare 1990-2017
Percentage of people covered by Medicare in the United States from 1990 to 2017
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Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicaid 1990-2017Percentage of people covered by Medicaid in the United States from 1990 to 2017
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Medical insurance exclusions U.S. 2016Do your standard (typical) medical insurance programs exclude any of the following?
- Percentage of U.S. Americans insured by military health care 1990-2017
Percentage of people insured by military health care in the United States from 1990 to 2017*
- 4. Public opinion on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- U.S. opinion on the health reform law April 2010 - January 2019
Given what you know about the health reform law, do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?
- Belief in U.S. health care reform law enlargement or reversal, by gender
Opinions of Americans about what to do with the current health reform law as of 2016, by gender
- Belief in U.S. health care reform law enlargement or reversal by party ID 2016
Opinions of Americans about what to do with the current health reform law as of 2016, by party identification
- Opinion on gap in concept and implementation of Affordable Care Act by US adults 2017
In your opinion, how large is the gap between the original concept and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act?
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U.S. adults' feelings about repealing the Affordable Care Act 2017How would you feel if the Affordable Care Act was repealed?
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U.S. adults opinion about consequences of repealing the Affordable Care Act 2017Imagine Trump decided to repeal the Affordable Care Act – which of these statements do you agree with?
- U.S. adults and their impression of Obamacare 2017
What is your impression of the Affordable Care Act now that is has been in effect for almost seven years?
- 5. Employer-sponsored health insurance
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Average annual cost of health insurance deductibles in the U.S. 2010-2018Average annual deductibles for employer-sponsored health insurance* in the United States from 2010 to 2018 (in U.S. dollars)
- Health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. 1960-2017
Number of health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. from 1960 to 2017*
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Insurance benefits which reduce financial stress for workers U.S. 2017Share of employees who feel selected insurance benefits reduce their financial stress in the United States in 2017
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Firms offering health coverage to same-sex domestic partners in U.S. 2018 by sizeShare of companies that offer health coverage to same-sex domestic partners in the United States in 2018, by firm size*
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Share of firms offering coverage to opposite-sex partners in U.S. 2018, by sizeShare of companies that offer health coverage to opposite-sex domestic partners in the United States in 2018, by firm size
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Median income spent on health insurance deductibles in the U.S. 2006-2015Share of median income spent on health insurance contributions and deductibles in the United States from 2006 to 2015
- 6. Insurtech
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Likelihood of customers sharing data with their health insurer U.S. 2017Likelihood of customers sharing data with their health insurer in exchange for benefits in the United States in 2017
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Health insurance consumers using connected device globally 2016Likelihood of consumers using a connected device if recommended by their health insurance company worldwide in 2016
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Trustworthiness of health insurance start-ups according to consumers in the U.S. 2017Consumer perception of trustworthiness of health insurance start-ups in the United States in 2017
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Trustworthiness of peer-to-peer health insurance according to consumers U.S. 2017Consumer perception of trustworthiness of peer-to-peer health insurance* in the United States in 2017
Health insurance in the United States - Important statistics
1. Overview of market
- Leading health insurance companies in the U.S. 2017, by direct premiums written
- Market share of leading U.S. health insurance companies 2016, by direct premiums
- Leading global life and health insurance (stock) companies 2017, by revenue
- Leading U.S. life/health insurance writers in 2017, by direct premiums written
- U.S. life insurers: income from net health insurance premiums 2000-2017
- Total revenue of U.S. life and health insurance industry 2009-2017
- Combined US costs of health administration and private health insurance 1960-2016
- Distribution of U.S. population with health insurance 2011-2017, by coverage
2. Demographics of the uninsured
- U.S. Americans without health insurance 2010-2017
- Percentage of U.S. Americans without health insurance 1997-2017
- Share of U.S. Americans without health insurance by age 2014-2017
- Americans without health insurance 2017
- Percentage of U.S. Americans without health insurance by ethnicity 2010-2017
3. Demographics of the insured
- U.S. Americans with health insurance 1990-2017
- U.S. Americans with public health insurance 1997-2017
- Percentage of U.S. Americans with any health insurance 1990-2017
- U.S. Americans with private health insurance 1997-2017
- Total Medicaid enrollment 1966-2018
- Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicare 1990-2017
- Percentage of U.S. Americans covered by Medicaid 1990-2017
- Medical insurance exclusions U.S. 2016
- Percentage of U.S. Americans insured by military health care 1990-2017
4. Public opinion on the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- U.S. opinion on the health reform law April 2010 - January 2019
- Belief in U.S. health care reform law enlargement or reversal, by gender
- Belief in U.S. health care reform law enlargement or reversal by party ID 2016
- Opinion on gap in concept and implementation of Affordable Care Act by US adults 2017
- U.S. adults' feelings about repealing the Affordable Care Act 2017
- U.S. adults opinion about consequences of repealing the Affordable Care Act 2017
- U.S. adults and their impression of Obamacare 2017
5. Employer-sponsored health insurance
- Average annual cost of health insurance deductibles in the U.S. 2010-2018
- Health insurance home-office employees in the U.S. 1960-2017
- Insurance benefits which reduce financial stress for workers U.S. 2017
- Firms offering health coverage to same-sex domestic partners in U.S. 2018 by size
- Share of firms offering coverage to opposite-sex partners in U.S. 2018, by size
- Median income spent on health insurance deductibles in the U.S. 2006-2015
6. Insurtech
- Likelihood of customers sharing data with their health insurer U.S. 2017
- Health insurance consumers using connected device globally 2016
- Trustworthiness of health insurance start-ups according to consumers in the U.S. 2017
- Trustworthiness of peer-to-peer health insurance according to consumers U.S. 2017
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