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Uninsured Workers in America kaiser medicaid and the commission on uninsured K EY F ACTS July 2004 UNINSURED WORKERS IN AMERICA Employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) is the primary source • Younger workers (ages 19-24) make up a larger than of health coverage in the United States with nearly two-thirds average share of the uninsured (21% of the uninsured of Americans under the age of 65 insured through their own vs. 10% of all workers). or a family member’s employer. Yet more than one in every • Workers in small businesses are more likely to be seven nonelderly workers (14.8%) had no health coverage in uninsured (33% of workers are uninsured in firms with 2001. Job-based health benefits are subsidized by the less than 10 employees vs. 8% of workers in firms with federal government through an employer tax exclusion for 100 or more workers). health insurance premiums, but employer sponsorship is • Both single workers and workers with non-working voluntary. spouses are more likely to be uninsured than married couples who are both in the workforce. Because not all businesses offer health benefits, not all workers qualify for coverage, and many employees cannot Other types of workers who are more likely to be uninsured: afford their share of the premiums, 18.5 million adult workers • include those with less than a high school education were uninsured in 2001. Consequently, millions of (40% are uninsured), dependent spouses and children were uninsured as well. • those in fair or poor health (22%), • part-time workers (19%-25%) and recently hired workers PROFILE OF UNINSURED WORKERS (29%-40% if less than six months with the job), and Of the 124 million adult workers in the U.S. in 2001, 111 • workers in blue collar jobs in farming, laborers, and the million were employees and 13 million were self-employed. service sector where a third or more workers have no Self-employed workers are more likely to be uninsured than health insurance. others (25% vs. 14%) because they do not have access to more affordable group insurance. The 3.3 million uninsured AVAILABILITY OF ESI AND WORKER PARTICIPATION self-employed have higher family incomes, are older and Having job-based coverage depends on 1) whether the better educated than the uninsured employed by a business. employer sponsors the health benefit, 2) the employee is eligible, and 3) whether the employee chooses to participate There are 15.1 million uninsured workers who are not self- in or “take-up” those health benefits. employed (Fig. 1). • 87% of workers (excluding the self-employed) are • While just 20% of all workers have low family incomes, employed in a firm that sponsors health insurance for at over half of uninsured workers have low incomes least some of its workers. (income < 200% of the federal poverty level or FPL) • 6% of workers in sponsoring firms are not eligible (e.g., because nearly half of poor (income < 100% FPL) part-time or recent hires). workers and a third of near-poor (income 100%-199% • 85% of workers offered health benefits in 2001 FPL) workers have no health coverage. participated in their employer’s plan. Figure 1 Figure 2 Characteristics of Uninsured Workers, 2001 ESI Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Take-Up by Workers’ Family Income, 2001 Family Income Age Firm Size 400% FPL Under 100% FPL 100-199% FPL 200-399% FPL 400% FPL and above and Above <100% FPL 45-65 19-24 Fewer than 10 12% employees 94% 95%97% 19% 21% 21% 100 or more 100% 87% 89% 88% 38% 27% 81% 84% 80% 74% 72% 71% 61% 60% 200-399% FPL 35-44 40% 32% 26% 10 to 24 17% 25-34 100-199% FPL 25 to 99 20% 32% 37% 17% 0% Total = 15.1 million uninsured workers (excluding self-employed) Firm Sponsors Eligible for ESI Takes Up Offer (Conditional on sponsor) (Conditional on eligibility) Notes: The federal poverty level was $14,128 for a family of three in 2001. Health Plan Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding. SOURCE: Garrett B., Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: Sponsorship, Eligibility, and SOURCE: Garrett B., Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation Patterns in 2001, KCMU report, 2004. Participation Patterns in 2001, KCMU report, 2004. 1330 G STREET NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 P HONE: 202-347-5270, F AX: 202-347-5274 WWW. KFF. ORG K EY F ACTS kaiser commission Income, firm size, and type of job are key factors determining The chances of having an offer of ESI in the family and then whether a worker has ESI. Only 61% of workers with opting to take the health benefit both improve as incomes incomes below the poverty level work in a sponsoring firm increase. Half of workers in poor families have no ESI offer compared to over 90% of workers with family incomes of at in the family. In contrast, only 3% of families with incomes of least 400% of the poverty level (Fig. 2). 400% of the poverty level or above do not have ESI available to them (Fig. 4). Low-income workers are also much less likely to be eligible for coverage. When health benefits are available to them, Figure 4 low-income workers are less likely to participate, but the Access to ESI Coverage for Workers differences in take-up rates across income groups are not as by Family Income, 2001 large. Covered by own or spouse's employer Declined offer from own or spouse's employer Sponsorship rates also increase steeply with firm size. Not offered coverage through own or spouse's employer • Slightly over half (54%) of workers in the smallest of 100% firms (< 10 employees) are employed by a firm that 80% 37% sponsors insurance compared to 95% of workers in firms 59% 60% 13% 83% with 100 or more workers. 93% 40% • Take-up rates vary less than sponsorship rates across 13% 50% 20% firm sizes. 28% 6% 4% 11% 3% Sponsorship rates also increase with workers’ age, level of 0% education, weekly hours, and months of job tenure. Under 100% FPL 100-199% FPL 200-399% FPL 400% FPL and above SOURCE: Garrett B., Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: Sponsorship, Eligibility, and REASONS WHY WORKERS ARE UNINSURED Participation Patterns in 2001, KCMU report, 2004. Among the 15 million workers who are uninsured (excluding the self-employed), the main reason they lack ESI is VULNERABLE WORKERS because they work for an employer who does not sponsor Health insurance coverage is less stable for those who are health benefits (Fig. 3). The most frequently reported reason earning low wages and/or who have health problems for ineligibility is not having worked for the employer long because, should they lose ESI, they would have a difficult enough (43%) and the most frequent reason for not enrolling time obtaining affordable insurance in the non-group market. in the health benefits that are offered is that they are too Medicaid covers only those low-income adults who have expensive (52%). dependent children, are pregnant, or are severely disabled. Figure 3 Roughly 4.5 million workers with ESI in 2001 had a Reasons Why Uninsured Workers Lack combination of low-incomes and less than good health, Employer-Sponsored Insurance, 2001 increasing their chances of being uninsured should they lose their job-based coverage. The limits of ESI are tested in a Worker is not Worker is eligible, but weakened economy particularly when employment rates eligible for not enrolled in decline. employer’s plan employer’s plan 17% 20% Nearly 4 million more Americans became uninsured between 2000 and 2002 as the share of nonelderly Americans with ESI decreased. Encouraging more employers to offer health 64% Employer does benefits would have a great impact on the number of not sponsor a health plan uninsured workers, but the affordability of workers’ share of the costs is also critical because over half of uninsured Total = 15.1 million uninsured workers (excluding self-employed) workers are from low-income families. Note: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding. SOURCE: Garrett B., Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation Patterns in 2001, KCMU report, 2004. Fact sheet based on: Garrett B., Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: ACCESS TO ESI COVERAGE WITHIN FAMILIES Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation Patterns in 2001, KCMU Married couples have greater access to ESI for their families report, July 2004. if both are employed, particularly when both employers offer family health benefits. About 20% of single workers have no For additional copies of this fact sheet (#7117), please visit access to ESI. our website www.kff.org/kcmu. The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured provides information and analysis on health care coverage and access for the low-income population, with a special focus on Medicaid’s role and coverage of the uninsured. Begun in 1991 and based in the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Washington, DC office, the Commission is the largest operating program of the Foundation. The Commission’s work is conducted by Foundation staff under the guidance of a bipartisan group of national leaders and experts in health care and public policy..
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