Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS-IC)
Extension without change of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
Approved with change
08/28/2025
06/17/2025
table that charts list comparision
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
08/31/2028
36 Months From Approved
01/31/2026
84,270
0
91,204
16,844
0
17,461
0
0
0
In 2021 employer-sponsored health insurance was the source of coverage for 90.5 million current and former workers, plus many of their family members, and is a cornerstone of the U.S. health care system. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey â Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) measures the extent, cost, and coverage of employer-sponsored health insurance on an annual basis. These statistics are produced at the National, State, and sub-State (metropolitan area) level for private industry. Statistics are also produced for State and Local governments.
This research has the following goals:
1) to provide data for Federal policymakers evaluating the effects of National and State health care reforms.
2) to provide descriptive data on the current employer-sponsored health insurance system and data for modeling the differential impacts of proposed health policy initiatives.
3) to supply critical State and National estimates of health insurance spending for the National Health Accounts and Gross Domestic Product.
US Code:
42 USC 299b-2
Name of Law: Health Care Quality Act of 1999
Total burden hours will go down slightly from previous clearance estimates. The change reflects a decrease in expected response to the Establishment questionnaires completed by each establishment offering insurance. There has been a steady decline in response by businesses to establishment surveys in recent years.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
Form Form #3 Plan Questionnaire
Attachement O - Non-Response Bias Analysis of the 2022 MEPS-IC.pdf
SS Part B -- MEPS-IC 2023 - 2025 FINAL - OMB AHRQ Response Clean.docx
Plan Questionnaire