- 32 percent of respondents said their employer contrinbutes between $500 and $1,000 annually.
- 31 percent said that their employer contributes between $1,001 and $2,000.
- 16 percent said they receive no employer contribution.
While most respondents reported deductibles between $1,500 and $2,000, 20 percent of those surveyed said that they are required to pay more than $2,000 annually.
Yet most Americans would prefer lower deductible plans, with 52 percent of the survey’s respondents indicating that low premiums and/or low deductibles were the most important factors when selecting an insurance policy. Only 13 percent of respondents said that breadth of services was most important, and just 4 percent named not needing referrals to see a specialist as an issue.
For the study, insurance.com commissioned a survey of 1,942 American households in June 2016.