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Almost one-third of people under 65 are uninsured

Case Management Weekly, July 1, 2004

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Nearly 82 million people-one third of the U.S. population younger than 65-lacked health insurance at some point over the past two years. Most of those people were uninsured for more than nine months, according to a study by Families USA. The private group identified the middle-class, African-Americans, and Hispanics, and those younger than 25 as groups that are most affected. The study revealed that 8.5 million Texas residents, or 43.4% of the nonelderly population there, did not have health insurance-the highest rate in the country. Other states where more than 35% of people younger than 65 were uninsured include New Mexico, 42.4%; California, 37.1%; Nevada, 36.8%; Louisiana, 36.2%; Arizona, 35.7%; Mississippi, 35.1%, and Oklahoma, 35%.

Source: Patient Financial Services Advisor, HCPro, June 2004

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