Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Profile of the Uninsured

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Health Insurance Coverage of America’s Children
This chartbook provides fundamental facts about children's health insurance coverage, based on the most current Census Bureau data available for 2005. Additional fact sheets on health coverage for low-income children and low-income parents are also available.

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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Health Affairs Article: Comparing the Assets of Uninsured Households to Cost Sharing Under High Deductible Health Plans -- April 2008
Published as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive, this Kaiser Family Foundation study finds relatively few uninsured households have enough financial assets to cover the cost-sharing in consumer-driven health plans tied to Health Savings Accounts.

Health Care Affordability and the Uninsured -- April 2008

Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Foundation, testified before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means about the growing share of Americans who are uninsured and without adequate health insurance coverage

Uninsured Children in the South, December 2007 -- December 2007

Commissioned by the Foundation, this report by the Southern Institute on Children and Families provides state-by-state estimates of uninsured children in the southern region of the country, which contains 17 states and the District of Columbia.

Women's Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet -- December 2007
This updated fact sheet discusses the predominant forms of health insurance coverage for women ages 18 to 64, including coverage rates, benefits, recent coverage trends, and issues related to uninsured women.

Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2005-2006 -- December 2007
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 2007

This primer, updated with 2005 data, reviews the basic profile of the uninsured population, how they receive care, and what the options are for increasing coverage.

The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care -- October 2007
This fact sheet describes the characteristics of the uninsured population, the difference health insurance makes, and why there is a large uninsured population.

What Happened to the Insurance Coverage of Children and Adults in 2006? -- September 2007

This brief analysis of the latest US Census Bureau data on health insurance coverage shows that 48 percent of the increase in uninsured children from 2005 to 2006 was among families with incomes between 200% and 399% of the federal poverty level. Reversing years of steady declines, the number of uninsured children has grown by one million over the last two years.

Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Low-Income Non-Citizen Adults -- June 2007

This brief analyzes heath insurance coverage and access for low-income non-citizen adults and discusses provider insights into the obstacles this population faces in obtaining coverage and receiving care.

Health Coverage for Low-Income Parents -- February 2007

The fact sheet summarizes the health coverage of low-income parents, including recent trends, and discusses the current policy challenges related to expanding care for this population.

Published as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive, this Kaiser Family Foundation study finds relatively few uninsured households have enough financial assets to cover the cost-sharing in consumer-driven health plans tied to Health Savings Accounts.

Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Foundation, testified before the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means about the growing share of Americans who are uninsured and without adequate health insurance coverage

Commissioned by the Foundation, this report by the Southern Institute on Children and Families provides state-by-state estimates of uninsured children in the southern region of the country, which contains 17 states and the District of Columbia.

This updated fact sheet discusses the predominant forms of health insurance coverage for women ages 18 to 64, including coverage rates, benefits, recent coverage trends, and issues related to uninsured women.

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 primer, updated with 2005 data, reviews the basic profile of the uninsured population, how they receive care, and what the options are for increasing coverage.

This fact sheet describes the characteristics of the uninsured population, the difference health insurance makes, and why there is a large uninsured population.

This brief analysis of the latest US Census Bureau data on health insurance coverage shows that 48 percent of the increase in uninsured children from 2005 to 2006 was among families with incomes between 200% and 399% of the federal poverty level. Reversing years of steady declines, the number of uninsured children has grown by one million over the last two years.

This brief analyzes heath insurance coverage and access for low-income non-citizen adults and discusses provider insights into the obstacles this population faces in obtaining coverage and receiving care.

The fact sheet summarizes the health coverage of low-income parents, including recent trends, and discusses the current policy challenges related to expanding care for this population.

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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.