September 10, 2009. Today the U.S. Census Bureau released health insurance coverage estimates for calendar year 2008. These estimates, from the Current Population Survey (CPS), show that 46.3 people in the United States are uninsured, or 15.4 percent of the population. This is up from 2007, although not by a statistically significant amount. The number of uninsured children decreased from 8.1 million in 2007 to 7.3 million in 2008, representing 9.9 percent of children in the country.
The CPS estimates are available for download at this link.
SHADAC has posted a blog about the data release at this link.
SHADAC will host a conference call on September 11, at 1:00 PM EDT to help analysts understand the CPS estimates and any new issues pertinent to this release,This call is free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required at this link.