Bolstered by recovery legislation, the health insurance safety net prevented a rise in uninsurance between 2019 and 2021

Bolstered by recovery legislation, the health insurance safety net prevented a rise in uninsurance between 2019 and 2021

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
McMorrow, Stacey, author
Karpman, Michael, author
Green, Andrew, (Of Urban Institute), author
Banthin, Jessica S., author
Contributor(s):
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body.
Urban Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Urban Institute, March 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
COVID-19 -- economics
Financing, Government -- economics
Health Equity -- economics
Health Policy
Insurance, Health -- statistics & numerical data
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
When the COVID-19 pandemic began, many people were concerned that millions of Americans would lose employer-sponsored health insurance coverage and become uninsured. The normal lag in official health insurance estimates from federal sources and data collection challenges brought on by the pandemic have made it challenging to clearly assess how insurance coverage has changed in recent years. In this study, we analyze data from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS) to explore trends in coverage status and type between early 2019 and early 2021. We also incorporate administrative data on enrollment in Medicaid, the Marketplaces, and employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) to help reconcile the variation in estimates across surveys.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (17 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918486681506676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918486681506676