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Title: Racial Disparities in Uninsurance among New Mothers Following the Affordable Care Act
Citation Type: Miscellaneous
Publication Year: 2019
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Abstract: In this brief, we use American Community Survey data from 2010 to 2017 to examine trends in uninsurance among non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic women who reported giving birth in the past 12 months. We find the following: ? Uninsurance among new mothers fell between 2010 and 2017 for all three groups: by 47 percent for white new mothers, 41 percent for black new mothers, and 39 percent for Hispanic new mothers. ? The Hispanic-white uninsurance disparity among new mothers decreased by 26 percent between 2013 and 2017, and the black-white disparity decreased by 37 percent between 2013 and 2016. ? Despite coverage gains, nearly half a million new mothers remained uninsured in the United States in 2017. ? Coverage disparities remained in 2017: uninsurance rates were 24.4 percent for Hispanic new mothers, 12.1 percent for black new mothers, and 7.0 percent for white new mothers.
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Authors: Johnston, Emily, M; McMorrow, Stacey; Thomas, Tyler, W; Kenney, Genevieve, M
Publisher: Urban Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Race and Ethnicity
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