Table 1 presents summary statistics by insurance status for sub- jects in the sample Gallup collected during our 16-day window (we restrict the sample to individuals under 65 as this older group is eligible for Medicare). Though we focus on the uninsured in most of the later analysis, it is useful to consider how much this group differs from the insured and especially from those insured via an employer plan. In general, the uninsured in our data are younger and more likely to be male, consistent with past survey data (see,e.g., Cheong et al., 2007). Those with employer insurance have fam-ily income 2.25 times that of the uninsured and are nearly twice as likely to be married. Importantly, the uninsured are 2.6 times as likely as those with employer insurance to have been denied healthinsurance in the past.