An estimated 40.6 million people in the United States (15.4 percent) were without health insurance coverage during the entire 1995 calendar year, statistically unchanged from the previous year.

Employment is the leading source of health insurance coverage.

Most people (70.3 percent) were covered by a private insurance plan for some or all of 1995. A private plan is one that was offered through employment (either one’s own or a relative’s) or privately purchased. Most private insurance was obtained through a current or former employer or union (employment-based) (see figure 1).

The remaining insured people had government coverage. This includes Medicare (13.1 percent), Medicaid (12.1 percent), and military health care (3.5 percent). Many people carry coverage from more than one plan.

Tables

Table 1. Percent of Persons Without Health Insurance Coverage throughout the Year, by State: 1994 and 1995 [<1.0 MB]

Table 2. Number of Persons Covered and Not Covered by Health Insurance by State [<1.0 MB]

Table A. Health Insurance Coverage Status [<1.0 MB]

Table B. Health Insurance Coverage Status of All Persons by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

Table C. Health Insurance Coverage Status of Poor Persons by Selected Characteristics [<1.0 MB]

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Money Income in the United States: 1995

September 01, 1996

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Poverty in the United States: 1995

September 1996

This report provides detailed social and economic statistics for the population below the poverty level in 1995 based on the March 1996 CPS.

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Child Support for Custodial Mothers and Fathers: 1995

March 1999

This report presents data on parents who have custody of children whose other parent is absent from the home.

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