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Health Insurance
THE NATION'S HEALTHCARE DOLLAR: 2006
WHERE IT COMES FROM (1)




(1) Does not add to 100 percent due to rounding.
(2) State Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.


CONSUMER PRICE INDICES FOR INSURANCE AND
RELATED ITEMS AND ANNUAL RATES OF CHANGE, 1998-2007


(Base: 1982-84=100)




 

Cost of living
(all items)

Motor vehicle insurance

Medical care items

Physicians’ services

Hospital services (1)

Year

Index

Percent change

Index

Percent change

Index

Percent change

Index

Percent change

Index

Percent change
1998163.01.6%254.31.1%242.13.2%229.53.0%105.03.2%
1999166.62.2253.8-0.2250.63.5236.02.8109.34.1
2000172.23.4256.71.1260.84.1244.73.7115.96.0
2001177.12.8268.14.4272.84.6253.63.6123.66.6
2002179.91.6291.68.8285.64.7260.62.8134.79.0
2003184.02.3314.47.8297.14.0267.72.7144.77.4
2004188.92.7323.22.8310.14.4278.34.0153.46.0
2005195.33.4329.92.1323.24.2287.53.3161.65.3
2006201.63.2331.80.6336.24.0291.91.5172.16.5
2007207.32.8333.10.4351.14.4303.23.9183.66.7
Percent change
1998-2007
27.2%31.0%45.0%32.1%74.9%

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NATIONAL HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES, AVERAGE ANNUAL PERCENT GROWTH
FROM PRIOR YEAR, 1993-2017




(1) Average annual growth from 1970 through 1993; marks the beginning of the shift to managed care.
(2) Projected.

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary.


TOP TEN HEALTH INSURANCE GROUPS
BY DIRECT PREMIUMS WRITTEN, 2007 (1)


($ millions)


Rank

Group

Direct premiums written

Market share
1UnitedHealth Group$66,768.8 11.70%
2WellPoint Inc. Group55,662.3 9.75
3Kaiser Foundation Group43,714.2 7.66
4Humana Group21,742.1 3.81
5Aetna Group21,722.3 3.81
6HCSC Group14,857.9 2.60
7American Family Corp. Group11,646.5 2.04
8Highmark Group11,448.8 2.01
9Independence Blue Cross Group   9,832.3 1.72
10CIGNA Health Group9,640.8 1.69
(1) Includes data from the property/casualty, life/health, fraternal and health annual statements.

Source: National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Reprinted with permission. Further reprint or redistribution strictly prohibited without written permission of NAIC.

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