National health insurance coverage by the numbers

America’s Health Insurance Plans released a state-by-state report on the role health plans play nationwide.

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Here are statistics on health insurance coverage in the U.S., according to the report.

The percentage of health insurance coverage by type:

Private: 56 percent
Medicaid: 21 percent
Medicare: 14 percent
Uninsured: 9 percent
Other: 1 percent

The number of covered lives by type:

Medicaid: 54 million
Large group: 42.3 million
Medicare Advantage: 20 million
Health savings account/high-deductible health plan: 15.6 million
Medigap: 13.5 million
Small group: 13 million
Individual: 13 million

The number of people employed by health insurers:

Insurance-related employees: 962,930
Health plan employees: 573,730

The payroll of health insurer employees:

Insurance-related employees: $64.2 billion
Health plan employees: $45.3 billion

The average wage of health insurer employees:

Health plan employees: $79,017
Insurance-related employees: $66,627

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