Fifty two percent of uninsured households were headed by a single adult, with or without children. In 36 percent of households without coverage, adults were married with children. Thirty-four percent were below 100 percent. Medicaid covered many households in this lower income group in 1993. Fifteen percent of uninsured non-elderly Missourians were in the 200 to 399 percent range, and 4 percent had income above 400 percent.
Guidelines vary for families of other sizes.
Estimates about Missouri's uninsured were made using Census statistics on demographic characteristics of Missourians and information developed about the uninsured in the State. Table 1 shows that 36.3 percent of non-elderly Missourians below 100 percent of poverty and 35.8 percent of those in the 100 to 199 percent range did not have health care coverage. Less than 4 percent of persons with incomes of 200 percent or more of poverty were uninsured. Uninsured adults 55 through 64 years old comprised the smallest group. Table 1 displays percents of non-elderly uninsured Missourians by age classes.