This survey displays the percentage of adults who had or tried to buy health insurance in the U.S. as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income (federal poverty level status). According to the survey conducted, 60 percent of respondents in total found it very difficult or impossible to find a affordable coverage in 2010, while this percentage was reduced to 34 percent in 2016.
Percentage of U.S. adults who had or tried to buy health insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income*
Characteristic
Total (2010)
Total (2016)
Health problem** (2010)
Health problem** (2016)
<200% FPL (2010)
<200% FPL (2016)
>200% FPL (2010)
>200% FPL (2016)
Found it very difficult or impossible to find affordable coverage
60%
34%
70%
42%
64%
35%
54%
32%
Found it very difficult or impossible to find coverage they needed
43%
25%
53%
31%
49%
26%
35%
23%
Has individual coverage* or ended up buying a health insurance plan
Note: FPL refers to federal poverty level.
* Bought in the past three years.
** Respondent rated their health status as fair or poor, or has any of the following chronic conditions: hypertension or high blood pressure; heart disease, including heart attack; diabetes; asthma; emphysema, or lung disease; high cholesterol. Among those who ever tried buying health insurance on their own in the past three years.
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Commonwealth Fund. (February 1, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who had or tried to buy health insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/671748/adults-who-had-or-tried-to-buy-health-insurance-by-health-and-income/
Commonwealth Fund. "Percentage of U.S. adults who had or tried to buy health insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income*." Chart. February 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671748/adults-who-had-or-tried-to-buy-health-insurance-by-health-and-income/
Commonwealth Fund. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults who had or tried to buy health insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/671748/adults-who-had-or-tried-to-buy-health-insurance-by-health-and-income/
Commonwealth Fund. "Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Had or Tried to Buy Health Insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by Health and Income*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/671748/adults-who-had-or-tried-to-buy-health-insurance-by-health-and-income/
Commonwealth Fund, Percentage of U.S. adults who had or tried to buy health insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/671748/adults-who-had-or-tried-to-buy-health-insurance-by-health-and-income/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults who had or tried to buy health insurance as of 2010 and 2016, by health and income* [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, February 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/671748/adults-who-had-or-tried-to-buy-health-insurance-by-health-and-income/
