Eligible uninsured African Americans: 6 in 10 could receive health insurance marketplace tax credits, Medicaid, or CHIP

Eligible uninsured African Americans: 6 in 10 could receive health insurance marketplace tax credits, Medicaid, or CHIP

Series Title(s):
ASPE research brief
Author(s):
Gee, Emily R., author
Contributor(s):
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Office of Health Policy, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, December 9, 2013
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Insurance Exchanges -- statistics & numerical data
Black or African American -- ethnology
Eligibility Determination
Medically Uninsured -- ethnology
National Health Insurance, United States -- statistics & numerical data
United States -- ethnology
United States.
Genre(s):
Statistics
Abstract:
Under the Affordable Care Act, 6.8 million eligible uninsured African Americans will have access to new options for health care coverage starting January 1, 2014. Six in ten of these eligible uninsured African Americans may qualify either for tax credits to purchase coverage in the Health Insurance Marketplace (2.2 million) or for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) (2.0 million).
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages)).
NLM Unique ID:
101647826 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
902834540
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101647826