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Title: Recent Trends in Uninsurance among Children: Patterns by Medicaid Expansion Status, Age, and Race and Ethnicity from the National Health Interview Survey
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Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: In 2014, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) extended more affordable health insurance coverage options to millions of American families. Building on earlier efforts under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, which expanded children’s eligibility for public coverage and simplified enrollment processes, several ACA provisions had the potential to further increase coverage rates for children. In this brief, we explore changes in coverage among children in recent years using data from the National Health Interview Survey. We focus on changes by state Medicaid expansion status, age group, and race and ethnicity. We find the following: The uninsurance rate for all children fell from 8.3 percent in 2010 to 5.3 percent in 2017. Children in expansion states experienced a decline in the uninsurance rate from 6.1 percent in 2013 to 4.0 percent in 2015 and sustained these gains through 2017. The uninsurance rate for children in nonexpansion states dropped from 8.6 percent in 2013 to 6.0 percent in 2015 but then increased to 7.8 percent in 2017.
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Authors: McMorrow, Stacey; Kenney, Genevieve, M
Publisher: Urban Institute
Data Collections: IPUMS Health Surveys - NHIS
Topics: Labor Force and Occupational Structure, Other, Population Health and Health Systems, Race and Ethnicity
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