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Rate Of Uninsured U.S. Residents Younger Than Age 65 Has Increased To 17.9%, Report Finds

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Article Date: 08 Oct 2007 - 9:00 PDT

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The number of uninsured U.S. residents younger than 65 rose to 46.4 million people, or 17.9% of that population, according to a report released Thursday by the Employee Benefit Research Institute, the Kansas City Star reports. The report also included the following findings:The report also found that men were more likely to be uninsured than women, at more than 22% and about 18%, respectively. The demographic group most likely to be uninsured was Hispanics at 35.7%, followed by blacks at 21.8% and whites at 12.8%.

Employer-sponsored health care was the largest contributor to the insured population, covering 60% to 70% of people younger than 65. Medicaid and SCHIP made up about 13.4% of the insured, and private insurance covered about 6% to 7% of the insured.

According to the Star, employer-based coverage has declined every year since 2000. EBRI in its report said that 2005 might have marked the beginning of a trend, where the "erosion in employment-based coverage is not being offset by expansions in public programs" (Stafford, Kansas City Star, 10/4). The report is available online.

Reprinted with kind permission from http://www.kaisernetwork.org. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives, or sign up for email delivery at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/dailyreports/healthpolicy. The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report is published for kaisernetwork.org, a free service of The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation© 2005 Advisory Board Company and Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.




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