According to an AHRQ statistical brief based on the 2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, roughly 96.7 million (84.9 percent) of 113.9 million workers in the private sector were employed by firms that offered health insurance. Out of the 10 largest metropolitan areas in the U.S., Philadelphia (89.9 percent), Atlanta (88.2 percent) and Boston (90 percent) had higher percentages of employees working for companies that offered health insurance than the national average. Chicago (87.9 percent), the District of Columbia (87.7 percent) and New York (86.6 percent) also had higher percentages than the national average.
Of all the private sector workers employed at firms that offered health insurance, 58.2 percent were actually enrolled in those employer-sponsored plans. Houston (63.8 percent), Miami-Fort Lauderdale (63.5 percent) and Atlanta (63.2 percent) had the highest enrollment percentages, according to the data.
For more information, view the full statistical brief here.
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