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The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS is the most complete source of data on the cost and use of health care and health insurance coverage. Learn more about MEPS.

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What's New Highlights
Upcoming Workshop
Registration is now open: AHRQ will be conducting a two-day hands-on HCUP and MEPS Data Users Workshop at the AHRQ Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland, September 24–25, 2008. For more information, go to Workshops & Events.

New Analytical Tools
The MEPSnet query system has been updated to include estimates from the 2006 MEPS-Insurance Component tables. To explore these estimates, go to MEPSnet/IC.

New Tabular Data
Tables of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2006 MEPS Insurance Component are now available. These summary tables include statistics at the national, state, and metro levels on such topical areas of employer-sponsored health insurance as offers and enrollments; number and types of insurance plans; premiums, benefits, contributions by employers and employees; and employer characteristics.

Health insurance coverage tables for the first half of 2007 have been posted. These tables provide a snapshot of the nation's health insurance coverage, giving an early glimpse of the likely full-year insurance estimates.

New Publications
In conjunction with the release of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Estimates from the 2006 MEPS Insurance Component, the following statistical briefs highlight some of the more salient findings drawn from the 2006 tables regarding differences based on

Size of Employer

  1. Statistical Brief 212: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Small Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2006
  2. Statistical Brief 211: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for Large Employers in the Private Sector, by Industry Classification, 2006

Geographic locations

  1. Statistical Brief 210: Offer Rates, Take-Up Rates, Premiums, and Employee Contributions for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector for the 10 Largest Metropolitan Areas, 2006
  2. Statistical Brief 208: State Differences in the Cost of Job-Related Health Insurance, 2006
  3. Statistical Brief 213: State Differences in Offer Rates and Enrollment in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Plans That Required No Employee Contribution to the Premium Cost, 2005


Co-pays, deductibles, and coinsurance

  1. Statistical Brief 209: Co-pays, Deductibles, and Coinsurance Percentages for Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in the Private Sector, by Firm Size Classification, 2006

Type of coverage

  1. Statistical Brief 207: Employer-Sponsored Single, Employee-Plus-One, and Family Health Insurance Coverage: Selection and Cost, 2006


To access a list of all the latest items posted on our Web site, visit What's New.

 
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