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Health Care Access Module

Question 11: What is the name of the health plan you use to pay for most of your medical care?

Response Categories

2004
% (95% CI)

2005
% (95% CI)

2006
% (95% CI)

Medicare

 NA

NA

 14.9 (13.7-16.1)

Medicaid or Medical Assistance

 

 

 2.7 ( 1.9- 3.4)

Military, Tricare or CHAMPUS

 

 

 3.8 ( 2.9- 4.6)

Indian Health Services

 

 

 0.3 ( 0.1- 0.5)

Blue Cross/Blue Shield or Noridian

 

 

 65.7 (63.8-67.6)

ND-PERS

 

 

 0.5 ( 0.2- 0.7)

Fortis Insurance     0.4 ( 0.2- 0.6)
American Family Mutual     0.4 ( 0.2- 0.7)
Medica Health Plans     0.9 ( 0.6- 1.3)
Heart of America (HMO)     0.4 ( 0.2- 0.6)
Altru Health Plan     0.3 ( 0.0- 0.5)
Other

 

 

 9.1 ( 8.0-10.3)

None     0.6 ( 0.1- 1.1)

  Percentage among respondents who reported having any kind of health care coverage, excluding unknown and missing

 
Response Categories

2007
% (95% CI)

2008
% (95% CI)

2009
% (95% CI)

Medicare

15.4 (14.2-16.7)

15.2 (14.2-16.3)

 

Medicaid or Medical Assistance 2.7 ( 1.9- 3.6) 3.0 ( 2.0- 3.9)

 

Military, Tricare or CHAMPUS

4.0 ( 3.1- 4.8)

3.9 ( 3.2- 4.7)

 

Indian Health Services

0.2 ( 0.1- 0.4) 

0.5 ( 0.1- 1.0)

 

Blue Cross/Blue Shield or Noridian

 63.1 (61.1-65.0)

64.3 (62.5-66.1)

 

ND-PERS

 0.4 ( 0.2- 0.6)

0.5 ( 0.3- 0.7)

 

Fortis Insurance

 0.4 ( 0.1- 0.6)

0.2 ( 0.1- 0.3)

 

American Family Mutual 0.5 ( 0.2- 0.7) 0.5 ( 0.2- 0.8)  
Medica Health Plans 0.8 ( 0.4- 1.2) 1.0 ( 0.7- 1.3)  
Heart of America (HMO) 0.3 ( 0.1- 0.4) 0.3 ( 0.1- 0.5)  
Altru Health Plan 0.2 ( 0.0- 0.3) 0.1 ( 0.0- 0.2)  
Other 11.5 (10.2-12.9) 9.9 ( 8.7-11.0)  
None 0.6 ( 0.1- 1.0) 0.6 ( 0.2- 1.0)  
Percentage among respondents who reported having any kind of health care coverage, excluding unknown and missing

Table Type Question response frequency
Denominator: Respondents who have health care coverage
Abbreviations: n = number of respondents
  % = weighted percent of respondents giving this response
  95% CI = confidence intervals

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