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. 2017 Feb 24;66(7):1–42. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6607a1

TABLE 8. Crude and age-standardized* prevalence estimates of no primary source of health insurance coverage, public health plan coverage, and private health insurance coverage at the time of interview among adults aged 18–64 years, by state Medicaid expansion status and federal poverty level — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 43 states, 2014.

Category n§ No primary source of health insurance coverage
Public health plan coverage**
Private health insurance coverage††
Crude
Age standardized
Crude
Age standardized
Crude
Age standardized
%§§ (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Medicaid expansion states¶¶
124,776
14.2 (13.8–14.6)
15.0 (14.6–15.5)
21.1 (20.7–21.5)
21.1 (20.7–21.6)
64.7 (64.2–65.2)
63.9 (63.3–64.4)
<100 of FPL
13,467
29.8 (28.4–31.2)
29.6 (28.2–31.0)
49.8 (48.2–51.3)
50.7 (49.2–52.2)
20.5 (19.2–21.8)
19.7 (18.6–21.0)
≥100%–≤400% of FPL
40,723
16.7 (16.0–17.5)
17.3 (16.6–18.2)
22.6 (21.9–23.4)
22.1 (21.3–22.9)
60.6 (59.7–61.5)
60.5 (59.6–61.5)
>400% of FPL
50,819
3.3 ( 2.9–3.6)
3.6 ( 3.2–4.0)
5.1 ( 4.7–5.4)
5.1 ( 4.7–5.6)
91.7 (91.2–92.1)
91.3 (90.7–91.9)
Unknown
19,767
17.7 (16.7–18.8)
18.3 (17.3–19.4)
25.4 (24.4–26.4)
25.7 (24.6–26.8)
56.9 (55.7–58.1)
56.0 (54.8–57.2)
Medicaid nonexpansion states***
101,440
19.0 (18.6–19.5)
19.9 (19.4–20.4)
17.6 (17.2–18.0)
17.2 (16.8–17.6)
63.4 (62.9–63.9)
62.9 (62.3–63.4)
<100 of FPL
13,194
41.7 (40.3–43.1)
41.6 (40.2–42.9)
37.1 (35.8–38.4)
37.9 (36.6–39.2)
21.2 (20.1–22.4)
20.6 (19.5–21.7)
≥100%–≤400% of FPL
39,400
20.1 (19.4–20.8)
20.7 (20.0–21.5)
17.5 (16.8–18.1)
16.7 (16.1–17.3)
62.5 (61.6–63.3)
62.6 (61.7–63.4)
>400% of FPL
36,609
3.8 ( 3.5–4.2)
4.4 ( 3.9–4.9)
5.9 ( 5.5–6.3)
5.6 ( 5.2–6.1)
90.2 (89.7–90.8)
90.0 (89.3–90.6)
Unknown
12,237
23.5 (22.1–24.8)
24.5 (23.1–26.0)
21.2 (20.0–22.4)
20.5 (19.3–21.7)
55.4 (53.9–56.8)
55.0 (53.5–56.6)
Overall
226,216
16.3 (16.0–16.6)
17.1 (16.8–17.5)
19.6 (19.3–19.9)
19.4 (19.1–19.7)
64.1 (63.8–64.5)
63.4 (63.0–63.8)
<100 of FPL
26,661
35.3 (34.3–36.3)
35.1 (34.1–36.1)
43.9 (42.9–44.9)
44.8 (43.8–45.8)
20.8 (19.9–21.7)
20.1 (19.3–21.0)
≥100%–≤400% of FPL
80,123
18.3 (17.8–18.9)
19.0 (18.4–19.5)
20.2 (19.7–20.7)
19.5 (19.0–20.1)
61.5 (60.9–62.1)
61.5 (60.8–62.1)
>400% of FPL
87,428
3.5 ( 3.3–3.8)
3.9 ( 3.6–4.3)
5.4 ( 5.2–5.7)
5.3 ( 5.0–5.7)
91.1 (90.7–91.4)
90.7 (90.3–91.2)
Unknown 32,004 19.8 (19.0–20.6) 20.5 (19.6–21.4) 23.9 (23.1–24.7) 24.0 (23.1–24.8) 56.3 (55.4–57.3) 55.6 (54.6–56.5)

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; FPL = federal poverty level; n = sample size.

* Age standardized to the 2000 projected population for the United States.

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Data from Missouri are available from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

§ Unweighted sample size.

Includes persons who, when asked about their primary source of health care coverage, said they had none and persons who did not have any kind of health care coverage at the time of interview.

** Public health insurance includes Medicare; Medicaid or other state program; TRICARE (formerly CHAMPUS), Veterans Affairs, or military plan; Alaska Native, Indian Health Service, Tribal Health Services, or some other source.

†† Private health insurance includes a plan purchased through an employer or union (includes plans purchased through another person’s employer) or a plan that they or another family member purchased on their own.

§§ Weighted percentage.

¶¶ States that expanded Medicaid as of January 1, 2014 (n = 23): Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.

*** States that did not expand Medicaid as of January 1, 2014 (n = 20): Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.