The State of the Uninsured and Health Insurance Coverage
by Clive Riddle, February 23, 2018
The
National Center for Health Statistics
has just released
updated health insurance coverage estimates from selected states
using 2017 National Health Interview Survey data.
Here are seven things to know about their findings for the first
9 months of 2017:
1.
28.9 million (9.0%) persons of all ages were uninsured, not
significantly different from 2016, but 19.7 million fewer persons than
in 2010.
2.
12.7% of adults aged 18–64, were uninsured, 19.5% had public coverage,
and 69.3% had private health insurance coverage.
3.
4.4% of adults aged 18–64
(8.6 million) covered by private health insurance plans obtained their
coverage through the federal or state-based exchanges.
4.
Adults aged 25–34 were almost twice as likely as adults aged 45–64 to
lack health insurance coverage (17.3% compared with 9.2%)
5.
4.9% of children aged 0–17
years, were uninsured, 41.9% had public coverage, and 54.6% had private
health insurance coverage.
6.
The percentage uninsured decreased significantly for all age groups from
2013 through the first 9 months of 2017, ranging from –6.2 percentage
points for ages 45–64 to –10.7 percentage points for ages 18–24.
7.
43.2% of persons under age 65 with private health insurance were
enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP) compared to 39.4% in
2016
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