Nebraska employers lead the nation in self-funded healthcare benefits, with 73% of the state’s employer-sponsored insurance structured under ERISA rather than purchased from an insurer, according to state-level data published by AHIP in July.
States ranked by share of employer-sponsored plans that are self-funded:
- Nebraska: 73%
- Indiana: 72%
- Arizona: 70%
- Kentucky: 70%
- Delaware: 66%
- Kansas: 66%
- Mississippi: 66%
- Florida: 65%
- Utah: 64%
- New Hampshire: 63%
- Tennessee: 63%
- Vermont: 63%
- Virginia: 63%
- West Virginia: 63%
- Iowa: 62%
- New Mexico: 62%
- Texas: 62%
- Nevada: 61%
- Wisconsin: 60%
- Alabama: 59%
- Connecticut: 59%
- North Carolina: 59%
- Washington: 59%
- Wyoming: 59%
- Alaska: 58%
- North Dakota: 58%
- Ohio: 58%
- Georgia: 57%
- Oklahoma: 57%
- New York: 56%
- Minnesota: 55%
- Pennsylvania: 55%
- California: 54%
- Louisiana: 54%
- South Carolina: 54%
- South Dakota: 54%
- Colorado: 53%
- Missouri: 53%
- Washington, D.C.: 53%
- Oregon: 51%
- Arkansas: 49%
- Maryland: 49%
- Illinois: 48%
- Michigan: 48%
- Rhode Island: 48%
- Massachusetts: 46%
- Montana: 46%
- Idaho: 44%
- Maine: 43%
- New Jersey: 42%
- Hawaii: 35%
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