Health insurance by the numbers in Monroe County
Most recent statistics show 13.3 percent of residents had no health insurance in
Those without health insurance accounted for 18.7 percent of the population in
In the Keys, the majority of uninsured people fall between the ages of 35 and 44. More males are uninsured than females, and service industry employees are the most likely workers to go without health insurance.
Survey numbers show 81.3 percent of
Of the 48,209 privately ensured, 22,722 got it through an employer. The rest had military benefits or directly purchased it through an insurance agent.
Residents insured through the Affordable Care Act,
Under the Affordable Care Act, 11,336 residents chose insurance through one of the federal marketplace plans, while 4,944 people were covered by
Numbers for 2016 won't be available until December.
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