The data depicts the distribution of the US population with health insurance from 2011 to 2016, by coverage type. In 2011, some 15.7% of the United States population had no health insurance. This share decreased to under 9% until 2016.
U.S. population with health insurance
In 2016, over half of the United States population had health insurance coverage through their place of employment, some 56%. Approximately 37% had coverage through some form of government plan in the same year. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law in March 2010 in efforts to increase the quality and affordability of health care coverage in the country, while reducing the ever-increasing expenditure in health care.
