The Facts
Quality health care that once seemed reliable is quickly being priced out of reach for millions of hardworking, taxpaying Americans. The health care crisis affects us all regardless of age, race or employment.
More than 45 million Americans do not have health insurance coverage. That's 15% of the population; with working families making up nearly 70% of the uninsured.
And that number doesn't even scratch the surface of the number of Americans who are underinsured in this country.
In New Hampshire:
America’s Health Ranking: 4 out of 50i
Uninsured for the entire year of 2007: 137,000 or 10.5% (In 2006, 150,000 or 11.5%)ii
Uninsured children under 18 years old for the entire year of 2007: 19,000 or 6.5% (In 2006, 22,000 or 6.5%)iii
Uninsured poor children under 18 years old for the entire year of 2007: 8,000 or 2.5%iv
Percent of population that could get medical care when needed: 90.9%v
Per capita Public Health Spending (dollars per person): $158vi
Uninsured with at least one full time worker in the home: 107,247 (11% of those families with one full time worker are uninsured; 75% of the uninsured families have at least one full time worker in the home)vii
Uninsured by race:
White: 122,749 (86% of the total uninsured; 12% of the white population)viii
Black: (less than 1% of the total uninsured; less than 1% of the black population)ix
Hispanic: 10,259 (7% of the total uninsured; less than 32% of the Hispanic population)x
Other: 7,983 (7% of the total uninsured; 12% of the other population)xi
Uninsured women: 60,741 (11% of women); Uninsured men: 81,684 (14% of men)xii
Private businesses offering health benefits to employees in 2005: 62%xiii
Small businesses (fewer than 50 employees) offering health benefits: 51%xiv
Large businesses (more than 50 employees) offering health benefits: 96%xv
Employees enrolling in employer sponsored health insurance if offered: 76.9%xvi
Percentage of premiums contributed by employees enrolled in employer sponsored health insurance: 23.1%; Increase in two years: 9.5%xvii
Average total premium (employer and employee) (2007):xviii
Single coverage at private employer: $4,504
Family coverage at private employer: $12,544
Rural health clinics: 18xix
Infant mortality—deaths per 1,000 live births in 2002: 5xx
Percent of children between 1 and 5 years old at a moderate or high risk for developmental delay in 2003: 21.1%xxi
Percent of children who had a medical home in 2003: 61%xxii
Preventable hospitalizations (per 1,000 Medicare enrollees): 63.9xxiii
i United Health Foundation. (2007). America’s health rankings: A call to action for people and their communities. www.unitedhealthfoundation.org.
ii U.S. Census Bureau. (2007). Current population survey. Annual Social and Economic (ASEC) Supplement. www.census.gov.
iii Ibid.
iv Ibid. Poor, in this case, references those children under 19 years of age and under 200% FLP.
v Cover the Uninsured. (2008). SHADAC State health access profile. www.covertheuninsured.org.
vi United Health Foundation. (2007). America’s health rankings: A call to action for people and their communities. www.unitedhealthfoundation.org.
vii Kaiser Family Foundation. (2008). State health facts. www.statehealthfacts.kff.org.
viii Ibid.
ix Ibid.
x Ibid.
xi Ibid.
xii Ibid.
xiii Ibid.
xiv Ibid.
xv Ibid.
xvi Cover the Uninsured. (2008). SHADAC State health access profile. www.covertheuninsured.org.
xvii Ibid.
xviii (by region) Kaiser Family Foundation. 2008). Employer health benefits 2007 annual survey. www.kff.org.
xix Kaiser Family Foundation. (2008). State health facts. www.statehealthfacts.kff.org.
xx The Commonwealth Fund. (2008). US variations in child health system performance: A state scorecard. www.commonwealthfund.org.
xxi Ibid.
xxii Ibid.
xxiii United Health Foundation. (2007), America's health rankings: A call to action for people and their communities. www.unitedhealthfoundation.org.