Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January-June 2011

摘要

The Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) is releasing selected estimates of health insurance coverage for the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population based on data from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), along with comparable estimates from the 19972010 NHIS. Data analyses for the JanuaryJune 2011 NHIS were based on 52,043 persons in the Family Core. Three measures of lack of health insurance coverage are provided: (a) uninsured at the time of interview, (b) uninsured at least part of the year prior to interview (which also includes persons uninsured for more than a year), and (c) uninsured for more than a year at the time of interview. Estimates of public and private coverage are also presented. This report includes estimates for adults aged 1925 (Tables 1, 2, 3, and 7), which are of special interest because of provisions of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111148, P.L. 111152). For individuals with private health insurance, estimates are presented for enrollment in high deductible health plans (HDHPs), enrollment in consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), and being in a family with a flexible spending account (FSA) for medical expenses. This report is updated quarterly and is part of the NHIS Early Release (ER) Program, which releases updated selected estimates that are available.