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Not sure where that number is from, but what I've seen it's around 60% usage and 75% availability for non-Medicare eligible Americans (https://www.kff.org/healt

• esseph 1y ago
  "Of the subtypes of health insurance coverage, employment-based insurance was the most common, covering 53.7 percent of the population for some or all of the calendar year, followed by Medicaid (18.9 percent), Medicare (18.9 percent), direct-purchase coverage (10.2 percent), TRICARE (2.6 percent), and VA and CHAMPVA coverage (1.0 percent). While the private coverage rate was statistically unchanged between 2022 and 2023, the employment-based coverage rate declined by 0.7 percentage points to 53.7 percent in 2023. At the same time, the rate of direct-purchase coverage increased by 0.3 percentage points to 10.2 percent in 2023." https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-284.html#:~:text=Highlights,America%20Counts%20Story https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2024/demo/p60-28... More: https://www.unionhealthcareinsight.com/post/why-employer-healthcare-spending-in-2025-is-expected-to-accelerate https://www.unionhealthcareinsight.com/post/why-employer-hea...