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The United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not have a universal health care system. Source: Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2010, the percentage of Americans without health insurance was 16.3%, or 49.9 million uninsured people. Source: US Census Bureau. Of the 83.7% of people with health insurance in 2010, coverage was 55.3% employment-based, 9.8% direct-purchase, and 31.0% government funded (Medicare, Medicaid, Military). (Overlap reflects coverage by more than one type of health insurance). Source: US Census Bureau.
The Census Bureau has been collecting information on health insurance for decades based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). Data were collected from a sample of 68,000 households in February, March, and April of 2014. That survey found that 42 millionâ13.4 percent of the populationâwere uninsured in 2013. Interesting, but last yearâs uninsured rate tells us nothing about how much the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded health insurance coverage this year.