According to a survey conducted among small firms in the U.S., 31 percent reported they did not offer health benefits as their firm is too small, while a further 28 percent said that cost of health insurance is too high. This statistic represents the main reasons small firms did not offer health benefits in the U.S. in 2022.
Distribution of the most important reasons small size firms did not offer health benefits to their workers in the U.S. in 2022
Characteristic
Share of responses
Firm is too small
31%
Cost of health insurance is too high
28%
Employees are covered under another plan, including spous's
18%
Most employees are part-time or temporary workers
7%
No interest/Employees do not want it
6%
Employees will get a better deal on health insurance exchanges
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (October 27, 2022). Distribution of the most important reasons small size firms did not offer health benefits to their workers in the U.S. in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362741/reasons-small-size-firms-did-not-offer-health-benefits-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Distribution of the most important reasons small size firms did not offer health benefits to their workers in the U.S. in 2022." Chart. October 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362741/reasons-small-size-firms-did-not-offer-health-benefits-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2022). Distribution of the most important reasons small size firms did not offer health benefits to their workers in the U.S. in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362741/reasons-small-size-firms-did-not-offer-health-benefits-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Distribution of The Most Important Reasons Small Size Firms Did Not Offer Health Benefits to Their Workers in The U.S. in 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362741/reasons-small-size-firms-did-not-offer-health-benefits-in-the-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Distribution of the most important reasons small size firms did not offer health benefits to their workers in the U.S. in 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362741/reasons-small-size-firms-did-not-offer-health-benefits-in-the-us/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Distribution of the most important reasons small size firms did not offer health benefits to their workers in the U.S. in 2022 [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, October 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1362741/reasons-small-size-firms-did-not-offer-health-benefits-in-the-us/