5 pages. Excerpt: The Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-HC) provides critical information for evaluating trends in the health insurance status of the population. This Statistical Brief presents estimates on the uninsured in America under age 65 for calendar years 1996 through 2003, as well as the first half of 2004. All differences between estimates discussed in the text are statistically significant at the 0.05 level unless otherwise noted.