Low Income Workers Spend a Higher % of Income on Insurance for Less Coverage than Middle and High Income Workers “..But compared to middle and upper-income employees, low-income workers are often offered less robust coverage, get less employer help with their premiums, and must pay a greater share of their income toward health care costs. […]
Continue readingMore Adults Are Underinsured, with the Greatest Growth Occurring Among Those with Employer Coverage
More Adults Are Underinsured, with the Greatest Growth Occurring Among Those with Employer Coverage Of people who were insured continuously throughout 2018, an estimated 44 million were underinsured because of high out-of-pocket costs and deductibles (Table 1). This is up from an estimated 29 million in 2010 (data not shown). The most likely to be […]
Continue readingSince the ACA, Fewer Adults Are Uninsured, but More Are Underinsured
Since the ACA, Fewer Adults Are Uninsured, but More Are Underinsured “Compared to 2010, when the ACA became law, fewer people today are uninsured, but more people are underinsured. Of the 194 million U.S. adults ages 19 to 64 in 2018, an estimated 87 million, or 45 percent, were inadequately insured (see Tables 1 and 2). […]
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