Employers offering consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs) in 2005

- 2% Small employers (10 - 499)
- 5% Large employers (500+)
- 22% Jumbo employers (20,000+)

Participation in consumer-directed health plans still stays low: Nationwide, only 1% of covered employees have currently enrolled in CDHPs.

Source: National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2005, Mercer Health and Benefits, http://www.mercerhr.com.

The percentage of the smallest employers, (10 – 49), offering any health care program dropped to 58%, down from 61% in 2004.

Source: National Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Plans 2005, Mercer Health and Benefits, http://www.mercerhr.com.

From January through June 2005, 68.2% of people under 65 were covered by private health insurance plans.

For the period January through June 2005, 16.9% of persons under age 65 years were covered by public health plans, and 68.2% were covered by private health insurance plans.

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