We have made some progress. Right now almost all US retirees and 90% of children have coverage. But amazingly, 1 in 5 US workers, the people who pay taxes to support health programs, do not have a health insurance policy. These uncovered people do not have a group medical plan at work, and they cannot afford individual major medical insurance. And this number has grown from about 1 in 7 workers who did not have health insurance in the 1990s.