Enrollment by Plan Type by Region | 2018 UBA Health Plan Survey Trends
PPO plans have the greatest enrollment in the Central U.S. (beating out the West region from 2017, which saw a surprising shift by employees to CDHP plans this year). The Northeast continues to have the lowest enrollment in PPO plans. After several years of decreases, HMO enrollment is on the rise, particularly in the North Central U.S. which went from 3.0% in 2017 to 16.0% enrollment in 2018 (a shift of interest since that region led in CDHP enrollment last year, showing that employees are leaving CDHPs in particular this year). CDHP enrollment is now the highest in the Northeast at 42.7%. It is worth noting that HMOs account for over half of the plan prevalence and plan enrollment in the state of California, at 51.6% and 50.8%, respectively.
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