Affordability: Health InsuranceInsurance Status by Type(1), Nebraska and the United States 1998

No Insurance

Nebraska

U.S.

9.0%

16.3%

Private Health Insurance

Any Private Plan

Employment Based Private

Nebraska

U.S.

Nebraska

U.S.

79.7%

70.2%

65.6%

62.0%

6.0%

3.2%

9.4%

6.0%

12.8%

13.2%

Government Health In surance

Medicare

Medicaid

Military(2)

Nebraska

U.S.

Nebraska

U.S.

Nebraska

U.S.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, March Current Population Surveys, 1988-1999. Data abstracted from Health Insurance Historical Table 4.

http://www.census.gov/hhes/hlthins/historic/ Internet Revision Date: November 10, 1999.

(1) The estimates by type of coverage are not mutually exclusive; people can be covered by more than one type of health insurance during the year.

(2) Military health care includes CHAMPUS (Comprehensive Health and Medical Plan for Uniformed Services)/Tricare, CHAMPVA (Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veteran ’s Affairs), Veteran’s, and military health care.

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