This annual survey of employers gives an in depth have a look at tendencies in employer-sponsored well being protection, together with premiums, worker contributions, cost-sharing provisions, provide charges, wellness packages, and employer practices. The 2021 survey included 1,686 interviews with non-federal private and non-private corporations.
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored household well being protection reached $22,221 this 12 months, up 4% from final 12 months, with staff on common paying $5,969 towards the price of their protection. The common deductible amongst coated staff in a plan with a normal annual deductible is $1,669 for single protection. Fifty-eight p.c of small corporations and 99% of huge corporations provide well being advantages to at the least a few of their staff, with an total provide charge of 59%. This 12 months’s report additionally appears to be like at modifications employers made to their well being advantages because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Survey outcomes are launched in a number of codecs, together with a full report with downloadable tables on quite a lot of subjects, a abstract of findings, and an article printed within the journal Health Affairs.
NEWS RELEASE
A information launch asserting the publication of the 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey is offered.
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
The Summary of Findings gives an summary of the 2021 survey outcomes and is offered underneath the Summary of Findings tab.
FULL REPORT
The full Employer Health Benefits Survey report consists of over 200 displays and is offered underneath the Report tab. The “Report” tab comprises 13 separate sections. Users can view every part individually or obtain the part displays from the suitable aspect of the respective part web page.
HEALTH AFFAIRS
WEB BRIEFING
A recording of a Nov. 10 net briefing highlighting key findings from the 2021 report will probably be out there.
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC
CHARTPACK
More than 20 overview slides from the 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey can be found as a slideshow.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Standard errors for chosen estimates can be found within the Technical Supplement right here.
Employer Health Benefits Surveys from 1998–2020 can be found right here. Please notice that historic survey reviews haven’t been revised with methodological modifications.
Researchers might request a public use dataset by going to Contact Us and selecting “TOPIC: Health Costs.”
