Exhibit 1.

Population and percent Uninsured by Health and Disability; Adults Aged 25–61, 2000–2005

	All	Disability	Health condition	Neither
	100%	4.5%	30.5%	68.0%
Total population	(0%)	(.12%)	(.32%)	(.33%)
Percent uninsured
	14.8%	11.6%	11.1%	16.4%
All	(.39%)	(.66%)	(.34%)	(.46%)
	10.3%	5.0%	6.7%	12.0%
Northeast	(.47%)	(.97%)	(.57%)	(.58%)
	11.2%	10.0%	8.8%	12.2%
Midwest	(.44%)	(1.52%)	(.54%)	(.61%)
	18.3%	15.9%	14.0%	20.3%
South	(.61%)	(.91%)	(.56%)	(.76%)
	16.5%	10.2%	12.0%	18.4%
West	(1.23%)	(1.78%)	(1.04%)	(1.35%)
	35.4%	14.9%	24.5%	42.7%
< 125% FPL	(.82%)	(1.36%)	(.78%)	(1.05%)
Not in federal	14.9%	13.9%	11.1%	16.8%
Medicaid category	(.38%)	(.87%)	(.45%)	(.48%)

Source: Authors’ tabulations of MEPS data (standard errors in parentheses).

FPL: Federal Poverty Level.

Percent uninsured: Percent of person-years with no health insurance for whole year.

Disability and health condition categories are not mutually exclusive.

Disability: Persistent use of assistive devices, persistent upper body disability, lower body disability, cognitive impairment, blindness, or major hearing impairment.

Health condition: Ever diagnosed with asthma, hypertension, heart disease, angina, heart attack, stroke, pulmonary disease, or diabetes.

Federal Medicaid eligibility categories: blind; parent of child 18 or under; or zero wages and not working due to disability and income from SSI, SSDI, VA pension, and/or workers’ compensation.