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Number of employees in firm Percent of People with ESI* Who Say That Employers Do a Good Job Selecting Quality Insurance Plans to Offer Their Workers Percent % FPL Number of employees in firm *ESI = employer-sponsored insurance. FPL = federal poverty level. Note: Based on respondents age 19-64 who were covered all year by their own employer’s insurance. Source: S. R. Collins, J. L. Kriss, K. Davis, M. M. Doty, and A. L. Holmgren, Squeezed: Why Rising Exposure to Health Care Costs Threatens the Health and Financial Well-Being of American Families, The Commonwealth Fund, September 2006.