Transcript Net Cost of Private Health Insurance, Including Administrative Costs, per Person Covered, 1987-2012 $700 $587 $600 $530 $511 $493 $500 $450 $479 $514 $571 $520 $400 $289 $300 $370 $211 $265 $200 $100 $78 $163 $0 NOTE: These data show the net cost of private.

Net Cost of Private Health Insurance, Including
Administrative Costs, per Person Covered, 1987-2012
$700
$587
$600
$530
$511
$493
$500
$450
$479
$514
$571
$520
$400
$289
$300
$370
$211
$265
$200
$100
$78
$163
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NOTE: These data show the net cost of private health insurance per private enrollee (including Blue Cross/Blue Shield, commercial insurance,
HMOs, and self-insured plans), as calculated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Net cost of insurance is the difference between
premiums earned and benefits incurred, and includes insurers’ costs of paying bills, advertising, sales commissions, and other administrative costs;
net additions/subtractions from reserves; rate credits and dividends; premium taxes; and profits or losses. Private enrollment is estimated by CMS
using the Current Population Survey and the National Health Insurance Survey.
SOURCE: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations NHE data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health
Statistics Group, at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/ (see Historical; National Expenditures by type of service and source of
funds, CY1960-2012, file nhe2012.zip, Total Admin. & Total Net Cost of Hlth Insurance Exp, Pvt Health Insurance); and private health insurance
enrollment data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, at
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/ (see Historical; NHE Web tables, Table 22).
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