Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Profile of the Uninsured

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Basic Facts About Low-Income Adults Under 65
This brief examines the characteristics and insurance coverage of low-income adults under age 65, a group numbering more than 50 million people who are among the least likely in the U.S. to have health insurance.

Characteristics of the Uninsured: Who is Eligible for Public Coverage and Who Needs Help Affording Coverage?
This issue brief analyzes health coverage data and determines that 25% of the nation's uninsured population is eligible for either Medicaid or SCHIP. The brief goes on to describe the characteristics of the uninsured population.

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Uninsured Young Adults: Who They Are and How They Might Fare Under Health Reform -- January 2010

This issue brief highlights the current health coverage status of young adults (ages 19-29), current approaches to expand coverage to this population, and how they might be affected by national health reform.

Health Insurance Coverage for Older Adults: Implications of a Medicare Buy-In -- December 2009
As the Senate debates major health reform legislation, the idea of allowing uninsured people ages 55 to 64 to buy into the Medicare program has re-emerged as a potential component of a reform plan. This brief profiles the more than 4 million uninsured people in that age range and examines historical proposals to allow uninsured older adults to purchase Medicare coverage

Immigrants’ Health Coverage and Health Reform: Key Questions and Answers -- December 2009
This issue brief provides an overview of key questions related to immigrant health care and health reform, addressing subjects such as how immigrants receive health coverage, how many of the uninsured are non-citizen immigrants and what would happen to coverage for non-citizen immigrants under current health reform proposals.

Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2007-2008: Early Impact of the Recession -- October 2009

This issue brief examines trends in health insurance coverage from 2007 to 2008, a period marked by the start of a deep recession. It finds that the share of the nonelderly population covered by employer-provided insurance declined, the share covered by public programs increased and the number of uninsured people continued to rise.

Women's Health Insurance Coverage: Fact Sheet -- October 2009
This fact sheet provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women ages 18–64, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare.

Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2007–2008 -- October 2009
This fact sheet provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage, among women nationally, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The Uninsured: A Primer -- October 2009

Updated with 2008 data, this primer reviews the basic profile of the uninsured population, how they receive care, the latest trends in health insurance coverage, key issues in increasing coverage and basic statistics on the uninsured. More detailed breakdowns are available in supplemental data tables.

Health Insurance Coverage in America, 2008 -- October 2009
This online chartbook provides a comprehensive profile of the uninsured and health insurance coverage overall, including downloadable PowerPoint figures and Excel tables for the nonelderly population, children, nonelderly adults and working adults.

A Profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives and Their Health Coverage -- September 2009
This brief examines the health coverage, access to care and health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country.

Updated Resources on the Uninsured and Health Reform -- September 2009
Two updated documents offer the latest available data on the uninsured, shedding light on an issue at the heart of the health reform debate.

As the Senate debates major health reform legislation, the idea of allowing uninsured people ages 55 to 64 to buy into the Medicare program has re-emerged as a potential component of a reform plan. This brief profiles the more than 4 million uninsured people in that age range and examines historical proposals to allow uninsured older adults to purchase Medicare coverage

This issue brief provides an overview of key questions related to immigrant health care and health reform, addressing subjects such as how immigrants receive health coverage, how many of the uninsured are non-citizen immigrants and what would happen to coverage for non-citizen immigrants under current health reform proposals.

This fact sheet provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women ages 18–64, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare.

This fact sheet provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage, among women nationally, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This online chartbook provides a comprehensive profile of the uninsured and health insurance coverage overall, including downloadable PowerPoint figures and Excel tables for the nonelderly population, children, nonelderly adults and working adults.

This brief examines the health coverage, access to care and health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives across the country.

Two updated documents offer the latest available data on the uninsured, shedding light on an issue at the heart of the health reform debate.

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Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Profile of the Uninsured

The demographics of the uninsured have not changed substantially over time. Today over 70 percent of the 41 million uninsured Americans come from families where there is at least one full-time worker. Two-thirds of all the uninsured come from low-income families (with incomes less than 200% of the federal poverty level) and about half of these are children or their parents. Adults make up a disproportionate share of the uninsured representing over three-quarters of the uninsured. About 40% of the uninsured report that their health is not very good (i.e., either good, fair, or poor health) compared to 25% of those with private health insurance.

While these demographics are compelling, they have not been sufficient to effect large- scale health reforms. However, the “personal profile” – where we learn what it means to an individual facing a health problem without the financial security of insurance – may be equally useful in understanding the magnitude of the problem for families, communities, and the nation at large.