Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except the USA

Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by rayiner on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @06:31PM (#19733640)

Even among households making less than $25,000 per year, the large majority (85%) of people have health insurance. Within that group, more people have employer-provided health insurance than lack coverage: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/tables/hi-01/20.... (See row 200.)

Even among the groups most likely to lack health insurance (households of unrelated individuals making less than $25,000), uninsured + direct purchase (having to buy your own health insurance) only accounts for 1/3 of people in that segment. (Row 210.)

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Re:Rich countries tend to have a bigger middle-class, except... by acchow on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @07:42PM (#19734154)

> the large majority (85%) of people have health insurance

From row 200 of that table, looks like you're reading off the "Covered by some type of health insurance during the year" (85%) column. This is ambiguous. It could mean there was at least some period during the year where you had some sort of coverage. Or it could mean that you had some coverage for the entirety of the year.

Which is it?

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