“The Women’s Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet provides new statistics on health coverage and describes the major sources of health insurance for non-elderly adult women, including employer-sponsored coverage, Medicaid, individually purchased insurance, and Medicare. It also summarizes the major policy challenges facing women in obtaining health coverage, and provides data on the more than 17 million women who are uninsured. Among the 94 million women ages 18-64 in the United States, nearly one in five is uninsured. This number has grown by 1.2 million over the last three years, with half of the growth among low-income women.”
The second fact sheet, Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2005-2006, provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance and Medicaid coverage. The uninsured rates vary considerably from one state to the next, ranging from a high of 28% of women ages 18-64 (Texas) to a low of 9% of women (Minnesota). Among low-income women, the uninsured rate spans from 51% of women (Texas) to 20% of women (Maine and Vermont).”
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