The current health expenditure as a share of the GDP in the United States was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 0.8 percentage points. According to this forecast, in 2029, the share will have increased for the seventh consecutive year to 17.98 percent. According to Worldbank health spending includes expenditures with regards to healthcare services and goods. It is depicted here in relation to the total gross domestic product (GDP) of the country or region at hand.The shown data are an excerpt of Statista's Key Market Indicators (KMI). The KMI are a collection of primary and secondary indicators on the macro-economic, demographic and technological environment in up to 150 countries and regions worldwide. All indicators are sourced from international and national statistical offices, trade associations and the trade press and they are processed to generate comparable data sets (see supplementary notes under details for more information).Find more key insights for the current health expenditure as a share of the GDP in countries like Canada and Mexico.

From 2017 to 2023, the global health insurance market grew by ** percent. It is forecasted to grow by only about ** percent between 2023 and 2028, reaching nearly a total gross written premium of **** trillion U.S. dollars.

As of 2024, nearly *** million people in the United States had some kind of health insurance, a significant increase from around *** million insured people in 2010. However, as of 2024, there were still approximately ** million people in the United States without any kind of health insurance. Insurance coverage The United States does not have universal health insurance, and so health care cost is mostly covered through different private and public insurance programs. In 2021, almost ** percent of the insured population of the United States were insured through employers, while **** percent of people were insured through Medicaid, and **** percent of people through Medicare. As of 2022, about *** percent of people were uninsured in the U.S., compared to ** percent in 2010. The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly reduced the number of uninsured people in the United States, from **** million uninsured people in 2013 to **** million people in 2015. However, since the repeal of the individual mandate the number of people without health insurance has risen. Healthcare reform in the United States remains an ongoing political issue with public opinion on a Medicare-for-all plan consistently divided.

The percentage of people in the United States with health insurance has increased over the past decade with a noticeably sharp increase in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was enacted. As of 2024, around ** percent of people in the United States had some form of health insurance, compared to around ** percent in 2010. Despite the increases in the percentage of insured people in the U.S., there were still over ** million people in the United States without health insurance as of 2024. Insurance coverage Health insurance in the United States consists of different private and public insurance programs such as those provided by private employers or those provided publicly through Medicare and Medicaid. Almost half of the insured population in the United States were insured privately through an employer as of 2021, while **** percent of people were insured through Medicaid, and **** percent through Medicare . The Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA), enacted in 2014, has significantly reduced the number of uninsured people in the United States. In 2014, the percentage of U.S. individuals with health insurance increased to almost ** percent. Furthermore, the percentage of people without health insurance reached an all time low in 2022. Public opinion on healthcare reform in the United States remains an ongoing political issue with public opinion consistently divided.

In 2023, the total value of direct premiums written by private health insurance companies amounted to approximately *** trillion U.S. dollars. This is more than double the ****** billion U.S. dollars recorded ten years prior in 2013, and over *** billion U.S. dollars higher than the value recorded in 2022. Note these totals include direct premiums written under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, both of which are (largely) public funded.

In 2022, UnitedHealth Group Inc was the market leader and had a ** percent share of the U.S. health insurance market. Ellevance Health and CVS (Aetna) followed with a market share of ** percent and ** percent, respectively. Who is UnitedHealth Group? UnitedHealth Group is headquartered in Minnesota and was founded in 1977. The revenue generated by the company has steadily risen since 2007. The company offers health care products as well as insurance coverage. Membership In 2023, Kaiser was the largest health insurance company in the United States, followed by Ellevance and UnitedHealth. Membership of Kaiser almost reached **** million in that year. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth is among the largest companies worldwide in terms of revenue and the largest health care company on that list.

In 2020, around **** percent of the U.S. population had private health insurance coverage. This share slightly decreased to **** percent in 2024. Medicare and Medicaid together provided healthcare coverage to approximately ** percent of the population in the United States. U.S. population with and without health insurance In 2022, over half of the U.S. population had health insurance coverage through their place of employment, around 54.5 percent. Approximately 35 percent had coverage through some form of government plan in the same year. While still low, the U.S. population without health insurance has decreased slightly from the previous year. A large portion of those without health insurance are between 19 and 25 years of age. Approximately ** percent of adults in this age group did not have health insurance in 2021. Health expenditure The United States spent approximately ****** U.S. dollars per capita on health in 2022 while in comparison, the Canadian government expended some ***** U.S. dollars per capita in the same year. However, higher health spending did not equate to a better health system or outcomes and when ranked with other comparable high-income countries, the U.S. came in last on nearly all health performance categories from access of care to health outcomes.

This statistic displays a projection of the number of less uninsured in the United States due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) from 2015 to 2025. By 2018, there will be some 26 million less uninsured nonelderly people due to the implementation of the ACA.

In 2024, ***** percent of the total population of the United States were uninsured. However, **** of all individuals in the United States had employer-sponsored health coverage. This statistic depicts the distribution of health insurance status of the total population in the United States for 2024

Singapore has the highest private health insurance owners in selected countries worldwide with ** owning this type of insurance and therefore tops our ranking, followed by the Netherlands. the United Kingdom, where the share is lowest, can be found at the bottom of this ranking.Statista Consumer Insights offer you all results of our exclusive Statista surveys, based on more than ********* interviews.

In 2024, over 70 percent of college students in the United States had a primary health insurance cover through their parent/guardian (or their employer). This statistic depicts the share of primary sources of health insurance among U.S. college students.

As of 2024, UnitedHealth Group had a share of **** percent in the U.S. health insurance market. Elevance Health (Anthem) had the second-largest health insurance market share, covering *** percent of the market. The top five largest insurance companies represented around ** percent of the total U.S. market share in the health insurance industry. Health insurance market in the U.S. The United States does not have a universal healthcare system for its citizens. In the U.S. most individuals depend on employer-sponsored health coverage for their healthcare needs. Private health insurance dominates the market as it provides group and non-group policies. Public health insurance offers coverage under federal programs, Medicare and Medicaid/CHIP are the most popular ones. The U.S. health insurance industry has witnessed significant changes in the last decade, with increased spending by private insurance, expanded coverage through the ACA, and a growing Medicare Advantage market. Medicare Advantage market Medicare Advantage plans give Medicare beneficiaries the option of receiving benefits from private plans rather than from the traditional Medicare program. UnitedHealthcare, part of UnitedHealth Group, is the largest U.S. health insurance company by total membership. In 2024, Medicare Advantage provided coverage to ** million Americans, among which some *** million Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries were enrolled in a plan from the UnitedHealth Group Inc.

In 2023, employees in the agriculture/mining/construction industry paid an average of 21,509 U.S. dollars in annual health premiums for family coverage. This was the lowest value recorded of any industry, against an overall average of 23,968 U.S. dollars per year.

In the fiscal year of 2024, around *** million people across India were covered under health insurance schemes. Of these, the highest number of people were insured under ******************** health insurance schemes, while********************* plans had the lowest number of people. Key figures of public health insurance The gross direct premium income of the Indian health insurance industry was about *** billion Indian rupees in financial year 2021. Public health insurance recorded the highest premium income of over *** billion Indian rupees that year, with the highest share of premiums written in the western state of Maharashtra. The healthcare system India has a decentralized approach to health care and that allows health insurance to be optional. Technically, all citizens are eligible for free healthcare at government facilities, and individual states are responsible for organizing these services. However, the country’s health system is severely underfunded in terms of staff as well as supply shortages. A vast number of people seek care from private providers. Over ** percent of the total healthcare expenditure in the country was from out-of-pocket expenses in fiscal year 2020.

Among all firms, the percentage of employees covered by self-funded plans had increased from 44 percent in 1999 to a record high of 69 percent in 2020 before decreasing slightly to 64 percent in 2021 and then increasing to 67 percent in 2022. As of 2025, the percentage remains at 67 percent. Self-funded plans are those in which companies choose to pay for some or all of the health services of their workers directly rather than purchasing health insurance for them.

With a third of domestic health insurance gross direct premiums written in Europe, the Netherlands has by far the highest share of total premiums. In the Netherlands, private health insurance is mandatory. Insurance companies in the Netherlands must offer a universal healthcare package at a fixed price for all ages and status of health. In 2019, health benefit gross premiums on the insurance market in the Netherlands amounted to almost 47 billion euros.

Germany, which has the oldest social health care system in the world runs a statutory health insurance plan. Those employed pay 50 percent of their insurance directly from their wages, with the company picking up the rest of the bill. Those who are self employed must pay for the complete cover. In 2020, the market share of the German health insurance market was 23.1 percent.

In 2024, *** percent of all people in the United States didn't have health insurance. The share of Americans without health insurance saw a steady increase from 2015 to 2019 before starting to decline from 2020 to 2023. Factors like the implementation of Medicaid expansion in additional states and growth in private health insurance coverage led to the decline in the uninsured population, despite the economic challenges due to the pandemic in 2020. More coverage after Obamacare The groups who saw the biggest improvement in health insurance coverage after the ACA was enacted were Hispanic and Black Americans. Meanwhile, the share of White Americans without health insurance also fell due to Obamacare, but the drop in that group wasn’t as dramatic as in other ethnic groups. This is primarily due to the fact that the uninsured rate among White Americans was much lower pre-ACA than among any other group, so there was less room for improvement. ACA was especially significant for those with low income Although the ACA was signed into law in 2010, many of its major provisions didn’t come into force until 2014, which accounts for the sharp drop in Americans without health insurance in 2014. Adults with a family income lower than 200% of Federal Poverty Level (FPL) were especially impacted by the law, as the share of uninsured adults in this income group dropped ** percent between 2013 and 2015.

The Republic of Turkey introduced a ten-year health system reform in 2003 to provide universal health coverage. Evidence of the reform's success can be seen in the percentage of the population covered under public health insurance, which has greatly increased from just ** percent in 2002 to over ** percent by 2022. The percentage of the Turkish population with private health insurance has also increased in the same time interval.

The statistic presents the value of gross premiums written by accident and health insurance companies in Indonesia from 2009 to 2012 and a forecast thereof until 2025. The value of accident and health insurance sector in Indonesia amounted to approximately ****** million U.S. dollars in 2012 and it was projected to grow to approximately **** billion U.S. dollars in 2025.

In 2019, 24 percent of full-time freelancers in the United States reported obtaining health insurance coverage through a self-purchased plan. In comparison, seven percent of freelancers had health insurance through their parents' plan.