Breakdown of the insured by state

[medeak]

http://statehealthfacts.org/comparebar.jsp?ind=125&cat=3

[MineralMan]

1. If you go there, be sure to click the Percentage view. It doesn't

make sense otherwise.

It's very interesting to see which states have 20% or higher uninsured. Texas appears to have the highest percentage of uninsured, and the others are all Red states. Who knew?

[customerserviceguy]

5. I didn't find the place to click on "percentage view"

but I did notice that Texas and quite a few western Red states have a high percentage of uninsured being of Hispanic heritage. I would imagine that the majority of them are illegal immigrants who are often used as farm workers in the Red states.

[MineralMan]

6. It's near the top of the page. There are two iconic options.

Click the percent mark.

[customerserviceguy]

7. Duh! If it were a snake, it woulda bit me!

That is quite an interactive chart, indeed. But it furthers the point that I was making, those states where the uninsured are highest are also states where the highest proportion of uninsured are Hispanic.

[Cybergata]

13. Also I should add . . .

that most of the southwestern states have "right to work" laws, which basically means "NO UNIONS ALLOWED." States with more Unions will often have more Employee Insurance. The graph also doesn't add the fact that a lot of employee paid insurance is really the employer pays only a portion of the employee's insurance. As a public employee I pay 41.5% of my health insurance cost. That means I'm pay over $400 a month for my husband and myself every month for my "employer paid" health insurance.

[Cybergata]

12. Did you think about the fact . . .

that there are more Hispanics in the Southwest? Plus Hispanics and Native Americans lived in the Southwest long before the U.S. took it from Mexico? I serious doubt that illegal aliens are even counted in any statistics.

[medeak]

8. thanks

I missed it too

[BlueIdaho]

2. Looks like republican dominated states

Have the highest percentage of uninsured citizens - what. a. surprise.

[a kennedy]

3. May-be Ed, Keith and Rachel would like to see this......

[dalaigh lllama]

4. K&R

[nashville_brook]

9. looks like Florida, California and Texas are far and away the leaders in uninsured

[SammyWinstonJack]

10. K&R

[nuxvomica]

11. Check out the map of uninsured

http://statehealthfacts.org/comparemapdetail.jsp?typ=2&ind=125&cat=3&sub=39&sortc=6&o=a

The uninsured rates get higher as you proceed from the northeast to the southwest. This isn't the typical coasts-vs-heartland or north-vs.-south dichotomy. Interesting.

[jannyk]

14. Jesus!! California has approx 18% uninsured and...

6.7 million!!! And these figures were produced in 06/07 - when people still had jobs!