United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2002-03-25 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-02-536R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-536R P0b002ee180379c56 f:d02536r DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-536R machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-536R GAO-02-536R Employee medical benefits Health insurance cost control Small business Health insurance Correspondence A02938 Private Health Insurance: Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market (25-MAR-02, GAO-02-536R). GAO reviewed the small group health insurance market to identify the number of licensed carriers, the largest carriers, and their market share in each state. GAO found that (1) the median number of licensed carriers in the small group market per state was 28, (2) the median market share of the largest carrier was about 33 percent, (3) the five largest carriers, when combined, represented three-quarters or more of the market in 19 of the 34 states reviewed and they represented more than 90 percent in seven states, (4) 25 of 37 states identified Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) carrier as the largest carrier offering health insurance in the small group market, and (5) the median market share of all the BCBS carriers in the 34 states supplying information was about 34 percent. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-536R/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-536R.htm GAO-02-536R https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-02-536R Correspondence GAO-02-536R; Private Health Insurance: Number and Market Share of Carriers in the Small Group Health Insurance Market; Employee medical benefits Health insurance cost control Small business Health insurance