1. Health Insurance Coverage and Uninsured Trends
46.3 Million Uninsured, 2008
Uninsured Projected to Rise
to 61 million by 2020
Uninsured
(15%)
Military
(4%)
Employer
(59%)
Millions uninsured
Individual
(9%)
Medicaid
(14%)
Medicare
(14%)
Total population
Projected
Data: Analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2001–2009; projections to 2020 based on estimates by The Lewin Group.
Source: K. Davis, Changing Course: Trends in Health Insurance Coverage, 2000–2008, Hearing on "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage: Assessing Key Consensus Indicators of Family Well-Being in 2008," Joint Economic Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, September 10, 2009.