Garfield Presentation - Alliance for Health Reform

50 Million Uninsured: The Faces Behind the Headlines

Rachel Garfield, PhD Senior Researcher and Associate Director Kaiser Commission for Medicaid and the Uninsured for Alliance for Health Reform Washington, DC October 14, 2011

FIGURE 1

Health Insurance Coverage of the Nonelderly, 2010 Federal Poverty Level 400%+

139-399% (Subsidies)

Employer-Sponsored Insurance Uninsured

Medicaid*

Private Non-Group

266 M Nonelderly * Medicaid also includes other public programs: CHIP, other state programs, Medicare and militaryrelated coverage. The federal poverty level for a family of four in 2010 was $22,050. Numbers may not add to 100 due to rounding. SOURCE: KCMU/Urban Institute analysis of 2011 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.