Attachment Q - Initial Letter for Governments

MEPS-L0G
Draft (03-18-2025)

Reference ID:

DC

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
U.S. Census Bureau
Office of the Director
Washington, DC 20233-0001

A Message from the Acting Director, U.S. Census Bureau:
The Census Bureau and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are requesng your cooperaon with
preparing for the 2025 Health Insurance Cost Study, the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
(MEPS-IC). In June, you will receive information on how to access the 2025 Health Insurance Cost Study.
The location below has been selected to participate.

Please provide the contact informaon of the person who is most knowledgeable about health benefits offered by your
government unit by visiting: https://respond.census.gov/econcontact or scan the QR code below:

If your government unit did not offer health insurance, we still need your response. Please complete this pre-canvass
and you will not be contacted again for the 2025 Health Insurance Cost Study.
YOUR RESPONSE WILL BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. Information about the authority, confidentiality, and burden of
this pre-canvass can be found on the back of this letter.
Healthcare costs are an important issue in the United States. Policymakers and researchers rely on current informaon
to guide our Naon’s healthcare system. Your participation makes this possible. Learn more about this survey by vising
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) site at:
https://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/survey_comp/Insurance.jsp.
For assistance, please call our customer helpline at 1-888-273-3878, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern
Time (ET).
Thank you in advance for your time and participation, and for helping the U.S. Census Bureau measure America’s people
and economy.
Sincerely,

SCAN ME!

Ron S. Jarmin
Acng Director
Watch this video to learn
about the MEPS-IC.
census.gov

MEPS-L0G
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OMB Number
This collection has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The eight-digit OMB approval
number is 0935-0110 and appears at the upper right of the survey form/login screen. Without this approval, we could
not conduct this survey.
Authority and Confidenality
Title 13 U.S.C. Section 9(b) states “The confidential treatment of data for particular individuals and establishments, shall
not apply to the censuses of governments provided for by subchapter III of chapter 5 of this tle with respect to any
information obtained therefore that is compiled from, or customarily provided in, public records.” As such, the
protecons described in the following paragraph do not apply to informaon obtained from governments that is
otherwise publicly available.
We are conducting this study under the authority of Section 913 of the Public Health Service Act (Title 42, United States
Code (U.S.C.), Section 299b-2). Sections 924c and 308d of that Act (42 U.S.C. Section 299c-3(c) and 42 U.S.C. Secon
242m, respectively) ensure the confidentiality of your responses will be maintained. It may be seen only by individuals
sworn to uphold U.S. Census Bureau confidentiality and may be used only for statistical purposes.
Burden Esmate Statement
We estimate this pre-canvass will take 3-5 minutes, on average, to complete.