Table 2.
Children's Insurance Status and Medicaid/SCHIP Eligibility, by Parents' Firm Size Group, 1995–2006
| Small-Group Market (Less Than 25 Employees) (%) |
Small Businesses (Less Than 500 Employees) (%) |
Small Businesses (500 Employees and Larger) (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 2000 | 2006 | 1995 | 2000 | 2006 | 1995 | 2000 | 2006 | |
| Uninsured | 25.6 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.0 | 15.7 | 16.2 | 7.0 | 6.3 | 5.6 |
| Medicaid/SCHIP | 25.3 | 26.6 | 33.8 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 29.2 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 17.2 |
| Any private coverage | 53.2 | 55.7 | 48.6 | 63.4 | 65.8 | 58.6 | 82.7 | 82.7 | 80.6 |
| Both public and private coverage | 4.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Medicaid/SCHIP eligibility | 20.4 | 55.1 | 55.3 | 16.5 | 47.8 | 48.1 | 7.7 | 29.9 | 28.6 |
SCHIP, State Children's Health Insurance Program.
Source: Authors' estimates from the March Current Population Surveys (1996–2007).