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Public Economics Lectures Part 1: Introduction

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Americans’Source of Health Insurance Coverage, 2002<br />

People<br />

(millions)<br />

% of<br />

Population<br />

Total population 288.6 100.00%<br />

Private 177.8 61.60%<br />

•Employment­based 161 55.80%<br />

•Individually purchased 16.8 5.80%<br />

<strong>Public</strong> 83 28.80%<br />

•Medicare 40.5 14.00%<br />

•Medicaid 42.8 14.80%<br />

•Veterans 6.9 2.40%<br />

Uninsured 43.3 15.00%<br />

Note: Numbers do not sum to 100% because some people have multiple<br />

coverage. Source: Gruber 2007<br />

<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Economics</strong> <strong>Lectures</strong> () <strong>Part</strong> 6: Social Insurance 170 / 207

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