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Nine in 10 Americans Have Employer Health Coverage
The study by AHIP, a Washington, DC-based trade group for health insurers, found that about 90% of nonelderly Americans get their health insurance from their employer, which is subsidized through the tax system, the report said.
Nearly all employers pay at least half of the premium. On average, employers pay 85% of the cost of single coverage, and 72% of the cost of family coverage, the survey indicated.
“When nearly everybody in a firm signs up, premiums reflect the average cost of coverage for a large group of people – young and old, healthy and sick,” the report indicated. “Usually, all workers in a given workplace who choose the same coverage pay the same premium.”
The survey is here .