From 2002 to 2003, employer coverage of both children and adults declined, with a greater decline for children than for nonelderly adults. Increases in Medicaid coverage helped to offset the losses in employer coverage for children, but only partially offset such losses for nonelderly adults.

Notes: Medicaid/Other Public also includes the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, other state programs, Medicare, and military-related coverage.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Insurance Coverage in America, 2003 Data Update, November 2004, Figure 22, Table 2 and Table 3, at http://www.kff.org/uninsured/7153.cfm, prepared by the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, and the Urban Institute using data from the Census Bureau’s March 2004 Supplement to the Current Population Survey.