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About the National Data
Data
Data Source: National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), CDC/NCHS
Baseline: 88.0 percent of persons under 65 years had medical insurance in 2019
Target: 92.4 percent
Methodology
Health care coverage is defined as having any type of health insurance or health care plan, including those obtained by employment, direct purchase, and government programs such as Medicare, Medigap, Medicaid, military healthcare/VA, CHAMPUS/TRICARE/CHAMP-VA, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and other state-sponsored or government-sponsored health plans. Private plans that only provide cash while hospitalized or only pay for one type of service (e.g., nursing home care, accidents, dental care) are excluded. Persons with Indian Health Service coverage only are considered to have no coverage.
History
In 2021, due to the 2019 NHIS redesign, the baseline was revised from 89.0% in 2018 to 88.0% in 2019. The target was revised from 92.1% to 92.4% using the original target setting method.
1. Because Healthy People 2030 objectives have a desired direction (e.g., increase or decrease), the confidence level of a one-sided prediction interval can be used as an indication of how likely a target will be to achieve based on the historical data and fitted trend.