Facts and Figures

This United Hospital Fund annual chartbook provides an overview of the uninsured in New York and the nation, detailing demographic information, such as income, employment status, and age. It also reports on coverage distribution among workers and low-income New Yorkers, describes trends in coverage, and provides estimates of the number of uninsured New Yorkers who are eligible for public health insurance.

This Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report explores health insurance affordability among middle-income workers during tough economic times. The report shows that the number of middle-income earners who obtained health insurance from their employers dropped by 3 million people from 2000 to 2008. Just 66% of people in families earning roughly $45,000 to $85,000 are now insured through their employers—a drop of seven percentage points from 2000 to 2008.

This Community Service Society (CSS) survey examines New Yorkers’ experiences around health care costs, and views toward making health care more affordable in the State.

This U.S. Census Bureau report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2009 and earlier Annual Social and Economic Supplements to the Current Population Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

This United Hospital Fund and Urban Institute report, funded by the New York State Health Foundation, presents demographic information on the uninsured in New York State and New York City.

This online tool, produced by Kaiser Family Foundation, allows customized side-by-side comparisons of eleven different health reform proposals being considered by Congress.

This report, produced by Families USA, provides the first ever state level estimates of the number of people who may lose health coverage between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2010. In New York State an estimated 2,470 people are losing coverage each week, and 44,230 lose coverage per week on a national level. The report estimates an additional 6.9 million Americans will be without health coverage by the end of 2010.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a series of new reports on the health care status quo that highlight the urgent need for health reform in New York State and across the nation. The reports provide information on both health care cost and quality in all fifty states.

This report, produced by Families USA, reveals that nearly one third of New Yorkers under 65 years of age were uninsured for some part of 2007-08.

A national study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundations’ Commission to Build a Healthier America concluded that at every education level and in every racial or ethnic group, adults in New York are not as healthy as they could be.

This collection of interactive maps, produced by the New York Times, uses 2003 Medicare patient data to show the variability of cost in the Medicare system. Geographic variation in quality and cost of health care is a result of many complicating factors. Viewers can see data for individual hospital referral regions which correspond to regional health care markets.

According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the competitiveness of the small-group market, the largest carriers in the small-group health insurance market have increased their average market share since 2002.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States.

The top congressional priority for small business owners is making health care more affordable, according to a survey released this week by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research & Educational Trust (Kaiser/HRET) conduct this annual survey of employer-sponsored health benefits.

This collection of figures is derived from a survey of employers conducted by Mercer. It investigates the reasons that some employers do not offer health coverage, how much they might be willing to contribute to employee health coverage, their opinions on proposed reforms to health coverage, and the burdens of compliance in states that have enacted reforms.

This report presents data on income, poverty, and health insurance coverage in the United States based on information collected in the 2008 and earlier Annual Social and Economic Supplements to the Current Population Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau.

In September 2004, the New York City Mayor’s Office of Health Insurance Access released this report on the participation of New York City community districts in public health insurance programs.

This Health Care for All New Yorkers fact sheet profiles New York State’s uninsured population.

This Health Care for All New Yorkers fact sheet outlines the challenges and pitfalls of implementing a health care reform initiative in New York State similar to that of Massachusetts.

The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is a set of large-scale surveys of families and individuals, their medical providers, and employers across the United States. MEPS data are compiled by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The University of Minnesota's State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) helps states to monitor rates of health insurance coverage and to understand factors associated with uninsurance. SHADAC identifies what state-level estimates are possible from national surveys like MEPS and NHIS.

New York State’s Children’s State Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), called Child Health Plus, provides coverage for many low-income children in New York State. These tables show the enrollment rates in this program.

The Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care, a project of The Dartmouth Center for Evaluative Clinical Sciences, provides tools to help create data-driven reports comparing geographic areas. Using the data and the data tools available online reveals patterns of health care spending and use of health care resources across the state.

The Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) collects patient-level information about the characteristics, diagnoses and treatments, services, and charges for every hospital discharge, ambulatory surgery patient, and emergency department admission.

This United Hospital Fund and Urban Institute report (funded by the New York State Health Foundation) presents demographic information on the uninsured in New York State and New York City.

The New York State Department of Health keeps statistics on Medicaid. Children are at greatest risk when families are uninsured. Because many important health problems start in childhood, the lack of coverage—and access to care—for children has been a longstanding concern.

EpiQuery is a Web-based, user-friendly system designed to guide users through basic data analyses on several datasets, which include a variety of indicators related to coverage.