Insurance Rate Up 0.3 Points In 2016 To 91.2%

In 2016, 91.2% of Americans had health insurance coverage for some or all of the calendar year, representing 292.3 million people. The insured rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the 90.9% rate in 2015. About 67.5% of people had private health coverage, either through an employer-sponsored plan (55.7%) or a direct purchase plan (16.2%). About 37.3% of people had government sponsored coverage, with 19.4% (62.3 million) enrolled in Medicaid and 16.7% (53.4 million) enrolled in Medicare. A small percentage of the population, 4.6%, (14.6 . . .