Employment-Based Coverage

The percentage of workers without health insurance increased from 15.9 percent in 1994 to 18.1 percent in 2007.

Percentage of Non-Elderly Adult Workers Without Health Insurance, 1994-2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.

Almost one-half (49.1 percent) of all non-elderly, adult uninsured workers work in firms with fewer than 25 employees.

Non-Elderly Adult Uninsured Workers by Firm Size, 2007

Source: SHADAC estimates from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement, 2008.

Almost all employers with more than 200 workers offer health benefits (99 percent in 2008). In contrast, 49 percent of firms with three to nine employees offered health insurance in 2008.

Percentage of Employers Offering Health Benefits by Firm Size, 1996-2008

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research & Educational Trust, 1996-2008 Survey of Employer Health Benefits Report.