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According to a new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the percentage of the non-elderly population (younger than 65) with health insurance coverage increased to 82% in 2011 (up about half a percentage point from 2010), which is notable since increases in health insurance coverage have been recorded in only three years since 1994. However, different trends are taking place behind that overall result: Among the non-elderly population, employment-based coverage is trending down (58.4% had employment-based benefits in 2011, a drop from the peak of 69.3% in 2000), while public-program coverage is trending up (accounting for 22.5% of the non-elderly population, up from the low of 14.1% in 1999). Enrollment in Medicaid (the federal-state health care program for poor) and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) increased to a combined 46.9 million in 2011, covering 17.6% of the non-elderly population, above the 10.2% level of 1999. Other sources of public health insurance include Medicare (which covers many disabled as well as the elderly), Tricare, CHAMPVA and Veterans Administration (VA) health insurance.
According to a new report by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the percentage of the non-elderly population (younger than 65) with health insurance coverage increased to 82% in 2011 (up about half a percentage point from 2010), which is notable since increases in health insurance coverage have been recorded in only three years since 1994.
However, different trends are taking place behind that overall result: Among the non-elderly population, employment-based coverage is trending down (58.4% had employment-based benefits in 2011, a drop from the peak of 69.3% in 2000), while public-program coverage is trending up (accounting for 22.5% of the non-elderly population, up from the low of 14.1% in 1999).