NADP/DDPA Report Shows Significant Market Rebound
Number of Americans With Dental Coverage Increases 4.5%
(firmenpresse) - DALLAS, TX -- (Marketwire) -- 12/22/11 -- More than 175 million Americans, 57% of the population, were covered by some form of dental benefits in 2010, according to the 2011 NADP/DDPA Joint Dental Benefits Enrollment Report released this week.
The report indicates a 4.5% increase in total national enrollment in comparison to the decline in 2009. Additional highlights include:
DPPO products remain the most prevalent product in the market, increasing market share to 74% of all commercial benefits.
Individual products increased to 3.6% of the population with dental benefits.
Only 1% of dental benefits are integrated with medical policies while 98% are provided under a separate dental policy.
Premiums and fees are paid at least in part by most enrollees. The percentage of enrollees paying at least a part of the premium/fee vary by product as follows:
Discount plans - 99%
DDPO and DHMO - 81%
Indemnity - 45%
"The increase in dental plan enrollment reinforces the findings of other studies that dental coverage is valuable to employees and employers of all sizes," said NADP Executive Director Evelyn F. Ireland, CAE. "NADP continues to advocate for health care reform regulations that will maintain the same types of coverage and choices available to small business employers in the current marketplace."
"As the nation's largest dental benefits carrier, Delta Dental was pleased to lend our national perspective and data to jointly produce this report with NADP," said Kim Volk, president and CEO of DDPA. "We are happy to see that dental coverage continues to be a valued benefit because that means more people have access to care."
The 2011 NADP/DDPA Joint Dental Benefits Enrollment Report includes both national and state data and is available in the Research Vault on the NADP Website. Dental plan members receive the report as part of their membership and it is offered at a reduced rate to all other membership categories.
, a Texas nonprofit corporation with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, is the "representative and recognized resource of the dental benefits industry." NADP is the only national trade organization that includes the full spectrum of dental benefits companies operating in the United States. NADP's members provide Dental HMO, Dental PPO, Dental Indemnity and Discount Dental products to 143 million Americans, approximately 90% of all Americans with dental benefits.
The not-for-profit Delta Dental Plans Association () based in Oak Brook, Ill., is the leading national network of independent dental service corporations specializing in providing dental benefits programs to more than 56 million Americans in more than 95,000 employee groups throughout the country.
CONTACT:
Evelyn F. Ireland, CAE
NADP Executive Director
(972) 458-6998 x 101
Chris Pyle
Director State Government and Public Relations
(630) 574-6850
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Datum: 22.12.2011 - 15:15 Uhr
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