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  • 18.9 percent of individuals were without health insurance in 2009. This number was up from 17.4 percent in 2008 and above 18 percent for the first time. As a result, nearly 1 in 5 individuals under the age of 65 did not have health insurance in 2009.
  • 59 percent of the nonelderly had employment-based health coverage in 2009, down from 61.1 percent in 2008.
  • More than 214 million nonelderly individuals had health insurance in 2009, down from 217 million in 2008.
  • The number of uninsured increased from 45.7 million in 2008 to 50 million in 2009.
Nonelderly Population with Selected Sources of Health Insurance Coverage 2008-2009
2008(%) 2009(%)
Employment-based coverage 61.1 59.0

Own name

 31.4 29.9

Dependent coverage

 29.7 29.1
Individually purchased 6.3 6.3
Public 19.4 21.1

Medicare

 2.9 2.8

Medicaid

 14.9 16.7

Tricare/CHAMPVA

 3.0 3.1
No Health Insurance 17.4 18.9

Source: Employee Benefit Research Institute estimates of the Current Population Survey, March 2009-2010 Supplements.

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