On April 29, the Urban Institute released a brief on its fall 2009 survey on insurance status and options in the District of Columbia.  The brief examines the characteristics of nonelderly adults who have either employer-sponsored health coverage or government-sponsored health coverage.

From the report: In this brief, we present details about nonelderly adult residents who reported that they had employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) or were enrolled in one of the District’s public health insurance programs, chiefly Medicaid or the DC Healthcare Alliance. We look first at the demographic characteristics of residents with ESI as compared with public insured residents, including gender, race/ethnicity, income, and place of residence (ward). We then examine differences in health status and in employment. Unless otherwise stated, statistics refer to nonelderly adult residents and all differences that we report are statistically significant at the p<0.10 level or better.

Full report:  Health Insurance Coverage in the District of Columbia: A Profile of the Insured, 2009 (PDF | 83.74 KB)

Urban Institute.  (2010).  Health insurance coverage in the District of Columbia: a profile of the insured, 2009.  Ormond, B., Palmer, A. and Phadera, L.