SECTION6. WORKERANDEMPLOYERCONTRIBUTIONSFORPREMIUMS VARIATIONINWORKERCONTRIBUTIONSTOTHEPREMIUM • Aboutfour-fifthsofcoveredworkersareinaplanwheretheemployercontributesatleasthalfofthepremiumforboth single andfamilycoverage. – Fourteenpercentofcoveredworkersareinaplanwheretheemployerpaystheentirepremiumforsingle coverage;3%ofcoveredworkersareinaplanwheretheemployerpaystheentirepremiumforfamilycoverage [Figure 6.18]. • Coveredworkersinsmallfirmsaremuchmorelikelythancoveredworkersinlargefirmstobeinaplanwherethe employerpays100%ofthepremium. Thirty-threepercentofcoveredworkersinsmallfirmshaveanemployerthat paysthefullpremiumforsinglecoverage,comparedto6%ofcoveredworkersinlargefirms[Figure6.17]. Forfamily coverage,10%ofcoveredworkersinsmallfirmshaveanemployerthatpaysthefullpremium,comparedto1%of coveredworkersinlargefirms[Figure6.16]. • Sixteenpercentofcoveredworkersareinaplanwhereenrolleeshaveacontributionofmorethan50%ofthepremium for family coverage [Figure 6.18]. The Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust / Page 85