TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Employer-Based Health Insurance A1 - Burns, Lawton Robert PY - 2021 T2 - The U.S. Healthcare Ecosystem: Payers, Providers, Producers AB - There are 3 main types of insurance coverage in the United States today (Figure 15-1): private sector insurance sponsored by employers, public sector insurance through the Medicare program (for the elderly), and public sector insurance through the Medicaid program (for the poor). As of 2015, private insurance covered over half (56%) of the population and 62% of the nonelderly population (Figure 15-2). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180253621 ER -