Show Health Insurance Coverage Compiled by Steven Trockman P HS In Utah as itis in most of theS the most Table 95 Estimates of Percentage and Number of important barrier to care is the high cost of Persons Who Lacked Health Insurance Coverage Utah barriers to medical care but only for those Your mane swswed ouninsured Tow Popn health care Health insurance blunts costs who have coverage Those without health insurance often go without care until health 1960-2000 7950 1001 problems become painful or debilitating At 1992 treat and often have long-term impacts on the individualwell being Each year in Utah people are hospitalized for conditions that would have been easier cheaper and To55 199 1997 1998 that point problems are difficult and costly to cctenst Stsettings Table 95 identifies the trend in lack of health insurance and indicates that 11 of people were without Utahns eor in251 the 800 year 2000 Table insuranc indicates that while the percentage of adults under age 65 who lack health insurance in since 1996 the Utah has increased it r entage kel olfctildeanwihouthealth neueance fs the ion of CHIP implementat to theInsurance primarily dueHealth Program Childrenand increased Medicaid and CHIP outreach The term health insurance refers towide variety of insurance policies It can be an insurance policy managed by an insurance company employer government or other entity that provides mediical care or helps pay forpersonmedical expenses Just over 60 of all employees have health Thatrance coverage thrdligh their smelsyer While other workers may have coverage Source 56 563 800 66 604 000 10 S55 53 70 64 11 04 634 300 m 1705800 811 600 830 700 1852600 165 300 729 100 171 500 775 507 197 700 nazng 152 500 100 800 218 000 229 900 950 344002 398048 749 2082471 ioen et LmeOffice of Public Health Assessment 2000 Estimating UtahUninsured Salt Lake Gity UT Utah Department of Health Population estimated from 2000S Census 1980-1999 peojoctions tiomh Utalt GOFB 2000 Table 96 Estimates of the Percentage of Utahns Who Insuranceby age Healthlackede MoA 511996 and 2000 Ti5 556 Estimating Assessment lealth ut Office urce UanUnnurea SaltLake Giy UT UiahDeparmentfHealn Table 97 Percentage of Insured Persons Covered by Source of Insurance by Age Group and Year Each 1996-1999 ePTT nsrance Ageese caeqno Crite Miess 0 Erpioyer 808 467 Sponsored 105 Ple SEO TRRTH 2Nio7 18 972 Vedicare 5 38 a5 Wity 7 2000 Esimaiing Source OFicePubic ieathCity Assessment ntof Health Departme UT Utah UtahUninsured Salt Lake through their spouses many do not have that option Estimates from the Census Bureau data indicate that nearly one in five workers is uninsured 127 Digital image 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah Al rights reserved |