Where Do We Get Health Insurance Anyway?

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Breakdown of Health Insurance by Source 

This chart shows the sources of health care coverage for the U.S. population:

 

 

As this chart shows, 54% of Americans have insurance through their employer. Another 26% of Americans get health care from the government through programs like:

• Medicare: Health care for everyone over 65.
• State Children’s Health Insurance Plan (SCHIP): Health care for low-income children and sometimes their families.
• Medicai: Health care for low-income adults.
• Veterans Administration (VA): Health care for veterans.

But here's the big problem: 16% of people are uninsured. That’s 47 million Americans.

• Two-thirds of the 47 million are low-income Americans.
• Eight in 10 of the uninsured come from working families.