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A profile of Missouri’s low-wage uninsured workers
A profile of Missouri’s low-wage uninsured workers
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Alker, Joan, author
Corcoran, Alexandra, author - Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, April 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicaid
Medically Uninsured
Poverty
Missouri
United States
United States. - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) includes new large financial incentives for states to extend health insurance coverage to low-wage workers and other adults earning less than $17,775 a year. These incentives apply to regular spending in a state’s Medicaid program and offer a five-percentage point across the board increase in the federal share for a 24-month period after the state extends coverage. Missouri is eligible for this funding because voters approved expansion in a referendum last year but it has not yet been implemented. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that Missouri’s budget would see a net gain of $1.15 billion over a two-year period when the state begins covering adults in Medicaid. Approximately 247,500 uninsured non-elderly adults will gain health insurance. This fact sheet examines which workers and industries will benefit from the expansion of Medicaid coverage. Industry sectors in Missouri with the largest percentage of low-wage uninsured workers are hospitality, retail, and health care and social assistance, accounting for 49 percent of low-wage workers without insurance (see Table 1). The most common jobs for low-wage, uninsured workers are cashiers, cooks, laborers and movers, and maids and housekeeping staff (see Table 2).
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (3 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918334385906676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918334385906676