PDF-Adults who Remained Uninsured at the End of 2014

Rachel Garfield and Katherine Young In January 2014 the major coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act ACA x2014 Medicaid eligibility and the availability of subsidized coverage through He. Stan Dorn, Senior Fellow. The Urban Institute. sdorn@urban.org. 202.261.5561. Council for . Electronic Revenue Communication Advancement. May 21, 2014. s. Overview. Potential impact of tax preparers reaching the eligible uninsured. 1. . One-Quarter of Adults Reported a Gap in Coverage in 2011; More Than Half Were Uninsured for Two Years or More. * Combines “Insured now, time uninsured in past year” and “Uninsured now.”. Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee Board Meeting. February 20, . 2014. Background/Agenda. SNC requested a profile of uninsured population of Middle Tennessee at November . meeting. P. opulation and patient data accessed from:. STILL UNINSURED. Voices from the Newly-Enrolled. And Still Uninsured. A Survey about the Affordable Care Act’s. First Open Enrollment . Period. June . 18, . 2014. Enroll America commissioned PerryUndem Research/Communication to conduct a national survey of newly-enrolled adults and still uninsured adults ages 18 to 64 to gain insights into the Affordable Care Act’s first open enrollment period. The survey was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The . Nathaniel Anderson, Laura Skopec, and Genevieve M. Kenney. The Urban Institute. Source Material. Huntress . M, GM Kenney, and N Anderson. . “Profile of Virginia’s Uninsured, . 2012.” . The Urban . Adults Are Less Likely to Have a Regular Source of . Care or Receive Preventive Care, . 2016 . Percent of adults ages 19–64. Notes: . “Continuously insured” refers to adults who were insured for the full year up to and on the survey field date; “Insured now, had a gap” refers to adults who were insured at the time of the survey but were uninsured at any point during the year before the survey field date; “Uninsured now” refers to adults who reported being uninsured at the time of the survey. Respondents were asked if they: had their blood pressure checked within the past two years (in past year if has hypertension or high blood pressure); had their cholesterol checked in past five years (in past year if has hypertension, heart disease, or high cholesterol); and had their seasonal flu shot within the past 12 months.. Sandra Decker, Deliana Kostova, Genevieve Kenney and Sharon Long . Sandra Decker is with the National Center for Health Statistics, Deliana Kostova is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Genevieve Kenney and Sharon Long are with The Urban Institute. Rates Continued to Drop Among Young Adults. Percent . under age 65 who were uninsured at time of interview. Sources: Historical data from past NCHS reports: . Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data from the National Health Interview Survey, 2010–2013. . Insured All Year . with . Medicaid or Private Coverage Were Significantly More Likely to Have . a . Regular Source of Care and Rate Their Health Care Highly Compared with Uninsured Adults. Exhibit 1. May 2016. Laura . Skopec, Jason Gates, . Michael Karpman, and . Genevieve M. Kenney. The Urban Institute. Methods. All data are from the American Community Survey (ACS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), and the Current Population Survey (CPS). Exhibit 1. The Number of Uninsured People Under Age 65 Declined to 27.5 . Million . in 2016. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016 (Table 2) Current Population Survey Reports. Exhibit 2. Washington. 2014. QHP Eligible Uninsured. Washington. 2015*. QHP Eligible Uninsured. Washington. *. Estimates . for 2015 are preliminary and do not account for net changes in employer-sponsored coverage and other private insurance coverage outside the Exchange.. 2IN BRIEFThe A31ordable Care Act ACA became law nearly seven years ago Today the number of Americans lacking health insurance stands at a historic low and the ACA is credited with reducing the number Notes: “Continuously insured” refers to adults who were insured for the full year up to and on the survey field date. “Underinsured” refers to adults who were insured all year but experienced one of the following: out-of-pocket costs, excluding premiums, equaled 10% or more of income; out-of-pocket costs, excluding premiums, equaled 5% or more of income if low-income (<200% of poverty); or deductibles equaled 5% or more of income. “Insured now, had a coverage gap” refers to adults who were insured at the time of the survey but were uninsured at any point in the 12 months prior to the survey field date. “Uninsured now” refers to adults who reported being uninsured at the time of the survey. Respondents were asked if they: received a Pap test within the past three years for females ages 21–64, received a mammogram within the past two years for females ages 40–64, and received a colon cancer screening within the past five years for adults ages 50–64..