Among the 94 million women ages 18-64 in the United States, nearly one in five is uninsured. This number has grown by 1.2 million over the past three years, with half of the growth among low-income women. And the uninsured rates vary considerably from one state to the next, ranging from a high of 28 percent of women ages 18-64 (Texas) to a low of 9 percent (Minnesota). Among low-income women, the uninsured rate spans from 51 percent (Texas) to 20 percent (Maine and Vermont).
Those facts are cited in two new fact sheets released Jan. 9 by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Women’s Health Insurance Coverage provides new statistics on health coverage and insurance for nonelderly adult women, and provides data on the more than 17 million women who are uninsured. Health Insurance Coverage of Women by State provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate.
