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NJ Spotlight’s Interactive Map: 12.9% of Ocean County is Uninsured

Who’s covered, who’s not: U.S. Supreme Court ruling weighs heavily on New Jersey

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on the groundbreaking national healthcare reform law signed by President Obama in 2010. Many provisions have already taken effect. The most wide-reaching and controversial aspect, requiring most people to buy basic insurance, is set to become effective January 1, 2014.

The law’s impact will be felt in New Jersey, where 14.4 percent of people under age 65 -- senior citizens are covered by Medicare -- had no health insurance in 2009, the most recent year for which statistics were available, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. The percentage of those uninsured more than doubles, to nearly 3 in 10, for those with incomes at or below 200 percent of the poverty level, or $21,700 for an individual.

The rate of those insured also varies widely by county with, not surprisingly, wealthier counties having higher rates of insured residents. In Ocean County, 87 percent of residents had health insurance.

In Ocean County:
Number Insured: 388,250
Number Uninsured: 57,531
Pct Insured: 87.1%
Pct Uninsured: 12.9%
Number Uninsured at 200% of Poverty: 25,580
Pct Uninsured at 200% of Poverty: 23.1%
Number Uninsured at 400% of Poverty: 44,756%
Pct Uninsured at 400% of Poverty: 18.7%

NJ Spotlight’s map is here. Click on a county to see its overall health insurance coverage rate, as well as the rates for different incomes.

Related Topics: Health Insurance

Mrgrumpass

12:11 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012

How many in this group of un-insured in OC are un-invited guest from south of the boarder? Ms. O’Dea your liberal dog don’t hunt! Try to drum up sympathy for Obama care else where, if OC is left as it is health care will go down and it will cost a fortune to run. Does HC need to be changed most definitely but not to the point of criminalizing non participation!

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Kyra

1:35 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012

Healthcare needs reform, but until that happens, forcing Americans into a broken system is criminal.

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Ray Cornwall

10:47 am on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Don't forget that most Republicans in the 90s and in the Dubya era actually *favored* mandates. It's one of those issues where everyone flip-flopped at one point or another.

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Ray Cornwall

10:47 am on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Don't forget that most Republicans in the 90s and in the Dubya era actually *favored* mandates. It's one of those issues where everyone flip-flopped at one point or another.

S.R.O.

3:22 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012

There are many, many hard-working people who are un-insured American citizens of all kinds of backgrounds throughout New Jersey. Many more are financially underwater from paying inflated insurance bills with limited coverage. That should not be. Period. We need this solution because if you are fair and take time to understand it, you know that it is a solution that works well and is a tremendous improvement over the status quo. Let's move forward - this is the solution.

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ralph

4:39 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012

57,531 people- when you take out illegals and young people who chose not to buy insurance, this number is probably around 27,000 or roughly 4% of the Ocean County population. Should we scrap the whole system to make sure this 4% is insured?

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Sophia Loyd

5:11 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012

Young people who choose not to buy insurance? What exactly does that entail?.. People who choose not to buy insurance because they choose to buy food, gas, taxes, bills, etc? Yeah.. that must suck. Majority of ''young people'' are insured in the state of NJ so long as they are a student. Colleges offer low cost ($180/yr) insurance, parents can carry children on their ins until they are well over 25, so again... what exactly are you talking about Ralph? Young people are the ones here who are MOST insured.

Also, illegals, not included in the study.. so do everyone a favor.. quit your contradictions of informative information, pull your head out of your rear end, quit the ageism and carry on with your boring life.

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BN

10:00 pm on Monday, April 2, 2012

I hope Sopie has health coverage....sounds like some hormone therapy is needed!

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Ray Cornwall

10:55 am on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

If that 4% can't get insurance because no existing insurance company will cover them at all, what do you suggest? Because that just leads to higher costs for us all.

I'm amazed that people find it so easy to scream about Clintoncare and Obamacare, but rarely do I ever see actual practical solutions proposed. Calling Obama a Muslim and a socialist (despite the fact that he's really about as liberal as mud, no matter what Fox News says) won't suddenly fix the health care situation.

Poindexter McSmash

7:20 am on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Don't worry, we wont be able to live here soon anyway. Prez Muslim is making a deal that the Aribs can't refuse. Something to do with radiation...

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Tarkus

4:02 pm on Tuesday, April 3, 2012

What is an "Arib"? If you insist on trolling at least learn to spell.

Mrgrumpass

5:36 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012

Big Daddy
Don’t be a condescending boob! Spelling has nothing to do with content!

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