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On the eve of the pandemic, about 13 million Americans were enrolled in ACA-compliant individual market health insurance plans. About 71 million were enrolled in Medicaid.
As job losses triggered by the pandemic exceeded 30 million, the Urban Institute forecast that at a 15% unemployment rate, among 17.7-30.0 million people losing access to employer-sponsored insurance, just under half would enroll in Medicaid and just under a quarter in marketplace or other private insurance.* Analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Management Associates also show Medicaid to be the main vehicle for insuring those who lose access to employer-sponsored insurance.
Every ACA exchange, every state Medicaid agency, and arguably every state government website should be foregrounding an app that looks (and works) like this:
On the eve of the pandemic, about 13 million Americans were enrolled in ACA-compliant individual market health insurance plans. About 71 million were enrolled in Medicaid.
As job losses triggered by the pandemic exceeded 30 million, the Urban Institute forecast that at a 15% unemployment rate, among 17.7-30.0 million people losing access to employer-sponsored insurance, just under half would enroll in Medicaid and just under a quarter in marketplace or other private insurance.* Analyses by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Management Associates also show Medicaid to be the main vehicle for insuring those who lose access to employer-sponsored insurance.
Every ACA exchange, every state Medicaid agency, and arguably every state government website should be foregrounding an app that looks (and works) like this:
