Summarize the demographic characteristics of those without health insurance
• The largest non-white racial/ethnic group is Hispanics (32%), then Black (15%), and then Asian (5%).
• 8 million are children.
• More than half are in families with incomes below 200% of the poverty guidelines.
• They include the self-employed, those who work part-time, seasonal workers, the unemployed, full-time workers whose employers offer unaffordable insurance or none at all, and early retirees aged 55-64 who retired from companies that either offered no health insurance or have since dropped it.
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