The Health Care Insecurity Index

SUMMARY

This report finds that 88 million Americans (or roughly half of all working-age Americans) don’t have health care they can count on.

The vast majority of Americans are currently insured. Nevertheless, 88 million Americans between ages 18-64 and their families—or half of all working-age Americans—have experienced at least one of the following risk factors that makes their health care insecure:

• A serious pre-existing condition, such as diabetes or a heart problem, which can make it harder or more expensive to get coverage
• A gap in their insurance during the last year, meaning that they lacked a stable source of coverage or were uninsured
• High premiums that consume more than 1 out of every 8 dollars earned or high out-of-pocket costs
• Skipped a doctor’s visit due to costs Health insurance reform will end the anxieties Americans face about their health care.

To read this Report, open the attached PDF