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Men Need Health Insurance

Men are much less likely to have health insurance than women, according to a fact sheet [pdf] released today by the Institute for Women's Policy Research and CEPR. Heidi Hartmann and Ashley English, at IWPR, and Hye Jin Rho and I, at CEPR, prepared the short report.

The graph below, from the report, shows the share of men and women without health insurance at different age levels.

Graph of health-insurance coverage rates by age and gender

Adults 65 and older --both men and women-- have virtually universal coverage through the government's Medicare program. For younger adults, however, a large share does not have health insurance --and men are consistently more likely than women to be without insurance.