Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Trends in Health Coverage
In a voluntary system of private and public health insurance a family’s insurance status can change quickly within even the course of one year. These shifts have added up to substantial changes in annual estimates of those with and without health coverage --nearly every year since the early 1990s. Trends in health insurance coverage are driven largely by changes in employer-sponsored health benefit offers, the incomes of working families, the costs of health insurance premiums, and the accessibility of public insurance for low-income families.