Monitoring the impact of health reform on Americans 50--64: Medicaid expansion and marketplace implementation increased health coverage

Monitoring the impact of health reform on Americans 50--64: Medicaid expansion and marketplace implementation increased health coverage

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
Author(s):
Weiss, Adam L., author
Waidmann, Timothy A., author
Caswell, Kyle J., author
Contributor(s):
AARP (Organization)
Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
Publication:
Washington, DC. : AARP Public Policy Institute, December 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Health Care Reform -- statistics & numerical data
Health Insurance Exchanges
Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance Coverage -- trends
Insurance, Health -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance, Health -- trends
Medicaid
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
United States
United States.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
A survey conducted by the Urban Institute and AARP shows that the share of 50- to 64-year-olds without health insurance fell between December 2013 and March 2014. In states that expanded their Medicaid programs, a greater share of previously uninsured adults gained coverage, particularly among groups that have traditionally faced barriers to obtaining it. The survey also found that the newly insured differed in key ways from those who reported being insured for all of the past 12 months. On average, more were low income, and more reported that they had had trouble paying medical bills. This paper is part of a series that looks at the experience of 50- to 64-year-olds during the first open enrollment period of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101691413 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101691413