U.S. Health Coverage and Spending

In 2016, the United States had an estimated population of 318 million individuals. Most of those individuals had private health insurance or received health care services under a federal program (such as Medicare or Medicaid). About 8.6 % of the U.S. population was uninsured (Table 1). Individuals (including those who were uninsured), health insurers, and federal and state governments spent approximately $3. 2 trillion on various types of health consumption expenditures (HCE) in 2016, which accounted for 17.1 % of the nation’s gross domestic product. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Table HIC-4_ACS. Health Insurance Coverage Status and Type of Coverage by State All People: 2008 to 2016, August 2017. Notes: Italicized = does not add to total. Individuals may have more than one type of coverage at a time (for example, Medicare and Medicaid). Therefore, estimates by type of coverage are not mutually exclusive. CHIP = The State Children’s Health Insurance Program. Medicaid