Exhibit 2.

Percent Uninsured by Region, Income, Health Conditions, and Disability; Adults Aged 25–61, 2000–2005

	All	North-east	Midwest	South	West
Disability
	11.6%	5.0%	10.0%	15.9%	10.2%
All	(.66%)	(.97%)	(1.52%)	(.91%)	(1.78%)
	14.9%	4.6%	12.6%	21.5%	12.7%
< 125% FPL	(1.36%)	(1.74%)	(2.75%)	(2.03%)	(2.71%)
	9.7%	5.2%	8.4%	12.7%	8.9%
> 125% FPL	(.59%)	(1.00%)	(1.10%)	(.90%)	(1.82%)
Health condition
	11.1%	6.7%	8.8%	14.0%	12.0%
All	(.34%)	(5.7%)	(.54%)	(.56%)	(1.04%)
	24.5%	12.2%	21.0%	32.3%	23.3%
< 125% FPL	(.78%)	(1.26%)	(1.78%)	(1.26%)	(1.94%)
	8.8%	5.7%	7.1%	10.6%	10.2%
> 125% FPL	(.29%)	(.63%)	(.44%)	(.51%)	(.89%)
No disability or health condition
	16.4%	12.0%	12.2%	20.3%	18.4%
All	(.46%)	(.58%)	(.61%)	(.76%)	(1.35%)
	42.7%	27.4%	37.6%	52.3%	41.6%
< 125% FPL	(1.05%)	(2.42%)	(2.16%)	(1.29%)	(2.17%)
	13.1%	10.4%	9.7%	15.6%	15.1%
> 125% FPL	(.39%)	(.55%)	(.50%)	(.70%)	(1.19%)

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.