Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2018

The report provides a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of the nation’s health insurance condition including types of coverage, the quality of insurance, with breakouts for states and key demographics thus providing health professionals with a foundational overview of the health insurance coverage across America. Charts, figures, and data point comparisons and changes from previous years’ health data is shown through select colorful graphs.

Introduction  1

What Is Health Insurance Coverage? 1

Highlights  2

Calendar-Year Coverage in 2018  3

Change in Coverage Between 2017 and 2018  3

Coverage at the Time of Interview 4

Health Insurance Coverage During the Calendar Year 5

Health Insurance Coverage by Age  7

Children Without Health Insurance Coverage  9

Health Insurance Coverage by Selected Social and Economic Characteristics 9

Health Insurance Coverage by Household Income and Income-to-Poverty Ratio  11

Health Insurance Coverage by Selected Demographic Characteristics 15

State Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage  16

Health Insurance Coverage in the American Community Survey  17

More Information About Health Insurance Coverage 21

Additional Data and Contacts 21

State and Local Estimates of Health Insurance Coverage 21

Comments  21

Sources of Estimates 21

Statistical Accuracy  21

TEXT TABLES

Table 1. Number and Percentage of People by Type of Health Insurance: 2017 and 2018  3

Table 2. Percentage of People by Type of Health Insurance Coverage by Age: 2017 and 2018 6

Table 3. Percentage of People by Type of Health Insurance Coverage for Selected Ages and Characteristics: 2017 and 2018 10

Table 4. Percentage of People by Type of Health Insurance Coverage by Household Income and Income-to-Poverty Ratio: 2017 and 2018  12

Table 5. Percentage of People by Type of Health Insurance Coverage by Selected Demographic Characteristics: 2017 and 2018  14

Table 6. Number and Percentage of People Without Health Insurance Coverage by State: 2017 and 2018 19

 Healthcare researchers, physicians, nurses, statisticians, healthcare workers including emergency medicine clinic workers, hospital staffers, and administrators along with health policy analysts and federal, state and community level lawmakers may be interested in this report.