Coverage Matters is the first report of the Committee on the Consequences of Uninsurance. This report is based on a consensus of the Committee, which was appointed by the National Academies in response to a request from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

It is the first of six reports on the problems of uninsurance in the United States and address the extent to which Americans are without coverage, identifies social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the situation, and reports the relative probability of being uninsured for various groups.