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Key Findings Regarding Kansas Health Insurance Coverage and The Uninsured

Private Health Insurance

• In 2006-2007, 67.2 percent of adult Kansans age 19-64 had private health insurance through an employer. This is markedly lower than the 70.6 percent who were covered by employer-sponsored insurance in 2004-2005.
• In 2006-2007, 60.8 percent of children were insured through a caretaker's employer. Employer-sponsored coverage of Kansas children has declined substantially over the past three years.

Public Health Insurance

• The percentage of Kansans covered by public health insurance such as Medicare and Medicaid has not changed statistically in recent years.
• In Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08), Medicaid's average monthly enrollment remained lower than in FY06. However, enrollment in the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) increased.

Uninsurance

• The percentage of Kansans who are uninsured increased to 12.5 percent in 2006-2007, up from 10.5 percent in 2004-2005. Kansas is one of 10 states in which the percentage of the population that is uninsured increased.
• About 17.1 percent of Kansas adults were uninsured in 2006-2007, up from 14.2 percent in 2004-2005.
• A greater percentage of adults age 45-54 were uninsured in 2006-2007 than in 2004-2005. The percentage of uninsured adults age 35-44 has also increased since the middle part of this decade.
• In 2006-2007, 7.8 percent of Kansas children were uninsured. While the increase from 6.4 percent in 2003-2004 appears substantial, it does not meet the test for statistical significance. That means the apparent changes in the rate could be due to random fluctuation in the survey sample. If the percentage of uninsured children is in fact trending upward, that should become apparent over time.
• Kansans with lower incomes are more likely to be uninsured than those with higher incomes. However, those with family incomes greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty level are more likely to be uninsured now than earlier in the decade, making it clear that the rising cost of health care and the erosion in employer-sponsored coverage affects Kansans of all income levels.
• The number of uninsured Kansans living in poverty has grown to 94,000 -- an increase of almost 28,000 since 2000-2001. The increase is consistent with an overall rise in the number of Kansans living in poverty during the same period.