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Tracking health insurance coverage in 2020-2021
Tracking health insurance coverage in 2020-2021
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- ASPE issue brief
- Author(s):
- Ruhter, Joel, author
Conmy, Ann B., author
Chu, Rose C., author
Peters, Christie, author
De Lew, Nancy, author
Sommers, Benjamine D., 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. : Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy, October 29, 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data
Insurance Coverage -- trends
Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data
COVID-19
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Federal surveys relied on by researchers and policymakers for estimates of health insurance coverage have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially influencing the accuracy of their estimates. Recent survey data suggest a stable uninsured rate in 2020 despite the pandemic and related recession, with estimates ranging from 8.6 percent to 9.7 percent of the population (28.0 million to 31.6 million people). Examination of other available data sources provides insights about changes in coverage by source and the overall stability of insurance rates in 2020. Administrative data over the same period suggest that increases in Medicaid and Marketplace enrollment roughly offset decreases in employer coverage, potentially explaining the survey findings. More recent administrative data in 2021 show ongoing gains in Medicaid (1.7 million between January and April 2021) and Marketplace coverage (1.6 million between August 2020 and August 2021), which suggest that the uninsured rate may be lower now than it was in early 2021. Uninsured rates continue to be higher in certain populations, including Latinos (18.3 percent) and Blacks (10.4 percent), people with incomes below the poverty level (17.2 percent), and residents of states that have not expanded Medicaid (17.6 percent). These results can inform Open Enrollment efforts and strategies being taken to expand coverage further in 2022.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918539087906676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918539087906676