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Age

  • Young adults between 18 and 24 years old were most likely to be without health insurance in 1996.

  • Slightly older persons aged 25 to 34 were next most likely to be without health insurance.

  • In a sense this is encouraging since young adults tend to be healthier than persons in other age groups.

  • Almost all aged persons are covered by Medicare. About 1% did not get the Medicare automatically and did not purchase the coverage.

  • Other age groups were about as likely as average to be uninsured.

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