With so much happening in Washington D.C. around health care reform, you may be interested in checking out some of the data on PolicyMap showing where people across the country lack health insurance or where the highest concentrations of people in the health care industry actually work. This data and more is available at www.policymap.com/map under the Health tab. Two interactive widgets are also below for you to explore, as is the iframe code for making these maps available on your own website. Pull them into your news stories, blog postings, or other online sites. Go to our blog post to see ways to customize these widgets.
This first map was created using 2006 data from the US Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates and shows, by county, where working age people lack health insurance around the country. The darker areas on the map are those places where the highest concentrations of uninsured people live. Zoom in, click on the map to see actual values, or use the search bar at the top to take the map to your county of interest.
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As the nation debates the need for healthcare reform, a question worth asking is: where are the most uninsured populations? The Census’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) can provide some answers. They have county and state level data for 2005 and 2006.
The Census’ Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) dataset produces model-based estimates of health insurance coverage for states and counties. This dataset is an estimate based on a model because data on health insurance coverage are not available elsewhere at this time. (A question on health insurance coverage has recently been added to the American Community Survey, but widespread reporting on that question is not yet available).
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As the nation debates the need for healthcare reform, a question worth asking is: where are the most uninsured populations? The Census’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) can provide some answers. They have county and state level data for 2005 and 2006.
Counties with the highest rates of uninsured people in 2006
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County, State |
Percent Uninsured 18 to 64 in 2006 |
| Hudspeth, TX |
50.6% |
| Edwards, TX |
49.4% |
| Terrell, TX |
49.1% |
| Webb, TX |
48.9% |
| Jeff Davis, TX |
47.7% |
| Brazos, TX |
45.4% |
| Mason, TX |
45.3% |
| Hall, TX |
45.2% |
| Sherman, TX |
45.2% |
Cimarron, OK |
45% |
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“…we can no longer afford to put health care reform on hold. We can’t afford to do it.
It (this budget) includes a historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform, a down payment on the principle that we must have quality, affordable health care for every American. It’s a commitment.”
- President Barack Obama – Domestic Priorities to a Joint Session of Congress (2/24/09)
PolicyMap houses and maps a variety of indicators from Census’ Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) that show where uninsured populations live (and are most concentrated) across the country. Check out the Health tab in the Add Data Layer menu to see counts and percentages of uninsured populations, by age and poverty level, in county and state level maps. Look at this map, for example, of the working age population without health insurance. Zoom in to get a closer look at counties in states like Texas, Louisiana, West Virginia, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Montana and Arkansas to see where some of these most burdened populations live.
Join us later this week as we look at Education and the Working Families.
