Uninsured and Underinsured
in the United States

About 40% of
American adults of ages 19 through 64
are either uninsured or underinsured.

MORE THAN A THIRD OF AMERICAN ADULTS!

	2003	2010
Number of Adults in millions	172	184
Number of Uninsured in millions	45.5	52
Number of Underinsured in millions	15.6	29
Total Uninsured plus Underinsured	61.1	81
Percentage of Uninsured plus Underinsured	35.5%	44%

81,000,000 total uninsured and underinsured
divided by 435 U.S. Congressional Districts
equals an average of 186,000 per district.
(We need 12% of those to sign up to stand
up for single-payer: 23,000 per district.)

Reference and Definition

The Commonweath Fund, as reported in September 2011; their information referenced a Health Affairs article of September 2011 by C. Schoen, M. Doty, R. Robertson and S. Collins.

"Underinsured" is defined as insured all year, but experienced one of the following:
— medical expenses equaled 10% or more of income.
— medical expenses equaled 5% or more of income where income is low: less than 200% of the federally-defined poverty level.
— health insurance deductibles equaled 5% or more of income.