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Who Are the Remaining Uninsured Adult Kansans? (July 2019)

By Wen-Chieh Lin, Ph.D.,Sydney McClendon,Madison Hoover, M.S. | POLICY & RESEARCH | July 15, 2019

Despite gains in insurance coverage since 2009 for nonelderly Kansas adults age 19-64, many remain uninsured. Based on the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, 201,275 (11.9 percent) nonelderly Kansas adults were uninsured in 2017. This issue brief builds on information presented in the 2019 Annual Insurance Update to describe in detail those nonelderly Kansas adults who remain uninsured, including their employment, educational attainment and citizenship status.

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