Data Points: Health Insurance Coverage
The number of insured people has decreased since 2006
Posted September 12, 2008
15.8%: Percentage of U.S. population without health insurance in 2006
15.3%: ...in 2007
47.0 million: Number of uninsured people in the United States in 2006
45.7 million: ...in 2007
67.5%: Percentage of Americans who were covered by private health insurance in 2007
27.8%: Percentage of Americans who were covered by government health insurance in 2007
(Some people may have been covered by more than one type of insurance during the year.)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007
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