Stay up to date with new and updated content for the MEPS-IC Data Tools. The content listed below includes significant changes like new estimates and supporting PDFs in addition to changes to the MEPS-IC webpage content.
December 2023 Updates
The 2022 Estimate data is now posted for all options for Public Sector and Civilian Establishments.
Visit the Public Sector “Employees” for four new estimates –
Table III.B.2.h: Percent of state and local government employees working in establishments that offer paid sick leave
Table III.B.2.i: Percent of state and local government employees working in establishments that offer paid vacation leave
Table III.B.2.j: Percent of state and local government employees that are enrolled in a plan that covers telemedicine
Table III.B.2.k: Percent of state and local government employees that are enrolled in a plan that covers dental care, mental health care, and/or substance abuse treatment
Visit the Public Sector “Establishments or Governments” for two new estimates –
III.A.2.l: Percent of state and local governments that offer paid sick leave
III.A.2.m: Percent of state and local governments that offer paid vacation leave
Visit the Civilian “Employees” for four new estimates –
XI.B.2.h: Percent of employees working in establishments that offer paid sick leave
XI.B.2.i: Percent of employees working in establishments that offer paid vacation leave
XI.B.2.j: Percent of employees that are enrolled in a plan that covers telemedicine
XI.B.2.k: Percent of employees that are enrolled in a plan that covers mental health care; enrolled in a plan that covers adult dental care; and enrolled in a plan that covers child dental care
Visit the Civilian “Establishments or Governments” for two new estimates –
XI.A.2.l: Percent of establishments that offer paid sick leave
XI.A.2.m: Percent of establishments that offer paid vacation leave
November 2023 Updates
The “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section has been updated with 2022 Public Sector and Civilian PDFs.
September 2023 Updates
New table series XII pooled estimates are available on Maps and Cross-sectional for the following subjects by selecting the 3-year Time Period option.
Visit the Private Sector-State “Deductibles/Copayments/Coinsurance” for new estimates –
XII.F.1 Percent of private-sector employees enrolled in a health insurance plan that had a deductible
XII.F.2 Average individual deductible (in dollars) per employee enrolled with single coverage in a health insurance plan that had a deductible
XII.F.3 Average family deductible (in dollars) per employee enrolled with family coverage in a health insurance plan that had a deductible
XII.F.12 Among private-sector enrollees with single coverage: Percent in a high deductible health insurance plan
XII.F.15 Among private-sector enrollees with family coverage: Percent in a high deductible health insurance plan
XII.F.39 Average individual deductible (in dollars) per employee enrolled with single coverage in a high deductible health plan
XII.F.40 Average family deductible (in dollars) per employee enrolled with family coverage in a high deductible health plan that had a deductible
Visit the Private Sector-State “Employees” for new estimates –
XII.B.2 Percent of employees in establishments that offer health insurance
XII.B.2.b Percent of employees enrolled in health insurance at establishments that offer health insurance
Visit the Private Sector-State “Premiums/Contributions/Enrollments” for new estimates –
XII.C.2; XII.D.2; XII.E.2 Average total employee contribution per enrolled employee at establishments offering health insurance
XII.C.1; XII.D.1; XII.E.1 Average total premium per enrolled employee at establishments offering health insurance
August 2023 Updates
August 16th: The year 2019 through 2021 datasets populating the MEPS-IC Data Tools dashboards had some estimates that were suppressed but should not have been. In addition, MEPS-IC Data Tools dashboard labels did not align with the MEPS-IC Table PDF labels. Revised data for the 2019 through 2021 MEPS-IC Consolidated Table Series, I, II, III, V, VI, and VII, have been posted to the MEPS-IC Data Tools Dashboards.
New 2022 Estimates have been posted:
Visit the Private-State “Employees” for four new estimates –
Table II.B.2.h; V.B.2.h; VI.B.2.h; VII.B.2.h: Percent of employees in establishments that offer paid sick leave
Table II.B.2.i; V.B.2.i; VI.B.2.i; VII.B.2.i: Percent of employees in establishments that offer paid vacation leave
Table II.B.2.j; V.B.2.j; VI.B.2.j; VII.B.2.j: Percent of employees enrolled in a plan that covers telemedicine
Table II.B.2.k: Percent of employees enrolled in a plan that covers dental care, mental healthcare, and/or substance abuse treatment
Visit the Private-State “Establishments or Governments” for two new estimates –
Table II.A.2.l; V.A.2.l; VI.A.2.l: Percent of establishments that offer paid sick leave
Table II.A.2.m; V.A.2.m; VII.A.2.m: Percent of establishments that offer paid vacation leave
Visit the Private-National “Offer/Take-up Employee Level” for four new estimates –
Table I.B.2.h: Percent of employees in establishments that offer paid sick leave
Table I.B.2.i: Percent of employees in establishments that offer paid vacation leave
Table I.B.2.j: Percent of employees enrolled in a plan that covers telemedicine
Table I.B.2.k: Percent of employees enrolled in a plan that covers dental care, mental healthcare, and/or substance abuse treatment
Visit the Private-National “Offer/Take-up Establishment Level” for two new estimates –
Table I.A.2.l: Percent of establishments that offer paid sick leave
Table I.A.2.m: Percent of establishments that offer paid vacation leave
August 11th: The “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section now has Private Sector 3-year pooled estimate PDFs under new table series XII.
July 2023 Updates
The “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section now has 2022 Private Sector PDFs.
January 2023 Updates
The 2021 Estimate data is now included for all options for Public Sector and Civilian Establishments.
November 2022 Updates
The “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section now has 2021 Public Sector and Civilian PDFs.
August 2022 Updates
August 9th: Revised PDF tables for the 2021 IC Table Series I, II, IV, V, VI, and VII have been posted to the “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section. For details of affected tables visit https://www.meps.ahrq.gov/data_stats/ic_udnote.shtml.
August 1st: The year 2021 Estimate data is now included for all options for the below subjects. New Statistical Brief is available, Trends in Health Insurance at Private Employers, 2008-2021.
- Private Sector – National
- Private Sector – State
- Private Sector – Metropolitan Area
July 2022 Updates
The “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section now has 2021 Private Sector PDFs.
December 2021 Updates
The 2020 Estimate data is now included for all options for the below subjects. Check out the “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section for supporting PDFs.
- Public Sector
- Civilian Sector
October 2021 Updates
The unprecedented pandemic and economic disruption in 2020 have caused uncertainty in some of the private-sector employment estimates, particularly with respect to the distribution of employment across firm sizes.
The issue is a concern because offers of health insurance are strongly correlated with firm size. Consequently, changes in employment may have affected differences in the estimated percentages of employees offered, and covered by, employer-sponsored health insurance between 2019 and 2020. They also affect estimates of totals by firm size (e.g., totals of establishments and employees). However, our initial investigations suggest that the vast majority of means and proportions estimated in the MEPS-IC data are not affected by this issue.
AHRQ is currently investigating several factors that may have influenced the 2020 MEPS-IC data. These factors include: (1) when firms of different sizes respond to the survey; (2) openings and closures of establishments during the survey period; and (3) the role of openings and closures in multi-establishment firms. AHRQ will provide more information on this site when these investigations are completed.
For information on changes to data collection in 2020 due to the pandemic, see Sample Design of the 2020 MEPS-IC.
For information on 2020 private-sector response, see MEPS-IC response rates
Ten New 2020 Estimates have been posted:
Visit the Private-Metropolitan Area “State and Metro Areas” for four new estimates –
- Table IX.A.3: Health insurance offer, eligibility and take up rates for private-sector establishments and employees for areas within States 2018-2020
- Table IX.A.4: Average total premiums and employee contributions (in dollars) for private-sector establishments for areas within States 2018-2020
- Table IX.A.5: Deductibles for private-sector employees for areas within States 2018-2020
- Table IX.A.6: Enrollment for private-sector employees for areas within States 2018-2020
Visit both the Private Sector – National “Employees” & Private Sector – State “Employees” for six new estimates –
- Table I.B.2.e; Table II.B.2.e: Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer any dependent coverage for employer-sponsored health insurance by firm size and State
- Table I.B.2.f; Table II.B.2.f: Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer coverage to same-sex domestic partners for employer-sponsored health insurance by firm size and State
- Table I.B.2.g; Table II.B.2.g: Percent of private-sector employees in establishments that offer coverage to opposite-sex domestic partners for employer-sponsored health insurance by firm size and State
The year 2020 Estimate data is now included for all options for the below subjects. Check out the “MEPS-IC Complete Series as PDF Links” section for supporting PDFs.
- Private Sector – National
- Private Sector – State
- Private – Metropolitan Area
Two new terms were added to the Glossary: Critical Illness Insurance; and ICHRA- Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangement.
Technical Notes section “VIII. Major Changes to the MEPS-IC Survey by Year” was updated for 2020.