The Issue
In 2014, 26 states (including the District of Columbia) expanded Medicaid eligibility to 138 percent of the federal poverty level—or a yearly income of about $16,000/$22,000 for a family of one/two. Researchers estimated the impact of the ACA Medicaid expansion on uninsured rates of poor, childless adult citizens, by age, gender, race, income, education, and health.
Key Findings
- The uninsured rate of poor, childless adults decreased by 47.1 percent between 2013 and 2015 under the ACA.
- Coverage gains were particularly large among adults in fair or poor health, with a 61.7 percent decline in their uninsured rate, compared to 39.6 percent for those in good or better health.
- In 2015, 17.9 percent of those with incomes less than 50 percent of the federal poverty level were uninsured, compared to 54.5 percent in nonexpansion states.
[For more of this story go to http://www.rwjf.org/en/library...ninsured-adults.html]
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