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Employee contributions to medical care benefits costs

April 16, 2013

In March 2012, across all private sector employers, 82 percent of workers who received medical care benefits were required to share in the cost of single coverage and 91 percent of workers were required to share in the cost of family coverage.

Requirement to contribute toward the cost of medical care benefits, percent distribution, private industry, smallest and largest establishments, March 2012
Contribution requirementSingle coverageFamily coverage
    All    1–49
workers		500 workers
or more		    All    1–49
workers		500 workers
or more

Total

100100100100100100

No employee contribution

18251391210

Employee contribution required

827587918890

The smallest establishments (those employing 1–49 workers) were more likely to provide single coverage at no cost to the employee; 25 percent of workers at the smallest establishments received such coverage for free.  Free coverage was less likely among the largest establishments (establishments with 500 or more workers); 13 percent of workers at these establishments received single coverage at no cost. 

For family coverage, there was little difference in the proportion with no employee cost (12 percent, compared with 10 percent).

These data are from the National Compensation Survey program. To learn more, see “Employment-based health benefits in small and large private establishments” (HTML) (PDF), by William J. Wiatrowski, Beyond the Numbers, April 2013. Medical care benefits are defined as coverage including hospitalization, surgery, physician visits, and related services. An establishment is defined as a single physical location. In some cases, an establishment may be part of a larger enterprise.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employee contributions to medical care benefits costs at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2013/ted_20130416.htm (visited April 18, 2024).

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