Table 1. Percent of Americans by source of health care benefits coverage, by age, 1998

Table 1. Percent of Americans by source of health care benefits coverage, by age, 1998
Source of coverage	Under age 65	Age 65 and older
Total	100.0	100.0
Employer-based coverage	64.9	34.4
Own coverage	33.1	26.3
Dependent coverage	31.7	8.1
Individually purchased coverage	6.5	27.8
Public coverage	14.3	96.2
Medicare	2.0	96.0
Medicaid	10.4	9.1
Military/Veterans	2.9	3.7
No health care benefits	18.4	1.1
Source: Employee Benefit Research Institute tabulations of data from the Curent Population Survey.
Note: Sum of items may not sum to totals because some individuals may have more than one source of coverage.