Summary

Coverage of primary care through employment-based health plans helps employees stay healthy and can reduce the risk of serious health problems that can lead to high health care costs and lost productivity. A recent EBRI report found that the share of the population with a routine source of care has been changing in recent years by race/ethnicity, as well as the provider type for the usual source of care.  This Fast Fact reviews these trends in source of health care from 2013–2020.