Table 2. Private health insurance benefit payments and percent of market share, by type of insurer who administers: United States, selected years 1965-83.
| Year | Private health insurance | Insurance companies | Blue Cross and Blue Shield | Self-insured, self-administered | Third party administrator | Prepaid health plans1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Total | Individual policies | Group policies | Minimum Premium plans | Administrative service only | ||||||
| Amount in billions | ||||||||||
| 1965 | $8.7 | $4.2 | $.8 | $3.4 | $0.0 | $0.0 | $3.9 | $0.4 | $0.0 | $0.2 |
| 1970 | 15.3 | 7.2 | 1.0 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 1975 | 31.2 | 14.1 | 1.3 | 11.3 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 14.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| 1980 | 67.3 | 31.2 | 2.2 | 18.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 25.5 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 1981 | 78.8 | 36.9 | 2.6 | 19.8 | 8.3 | 6.2 | 29.2 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 4.4 |
| 1982 | 90.8 | 43.6 | 3.2 | 21.8 | 12.1 | 6.5 | 32.2 | 7.0 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
| 19832 | 100.0 | 48.0 | 3.1 | 23.8 | 14.3 | 6.8 | 35.2 | 7.7 | 3.0 | 6.1 |
| Percent of market share | ||||||||||
| 1965 | 100 | 48 | 9 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970 | 100 | 47 | 7 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1975 | 100 | 45 | 4 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 46 | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 1980 | 100 | 46 | 3 | 27 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
| 1981 | 100 | 47 | 3 | 25 | 11 | 8 | 37 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 1982 | 100 | 48 | 4 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| 1983 | 100 | 48 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
1
Health maintenance organizations and others.
2
1983 values are preliminary projections based on partial data.