What is at Stake for Health and Health Care Disparities under ACA Repeal?

Appendix Table 1: Uninsured Rates among the Nonelderly, 2013 and 2015
Below 200% FPL White Black Hispanic
2013 2015 Percentage Point
Difference
2013 2015 Percentage Point
Difference
2013 2015 Percentage Point
Difference
2013 2015 Percentage Point
Difference
United States 25% 17% -8% 12% 8% -4% 17% 12% -5% 26% 17% -9%
Implemented Medicaid Expansion-Democratic/Independent Governor
California 25% 14% -12% 12% 6% -6% 12% 8% -4% 23% 12% -11%
Colorado 25% 17% -7% 11% 8% -3% 22% 13% -9% 21% 14% -8%
Connecticut 22% 13% -10% 9% 5% -3% 13% N/A N/A 26% 11% -15%
Delaware 14% 11% -3% 7% 6% -1% 8% 8% 1% 20% 15% -5%
District of Columbia 12% 7% -4% 6% 3% -3% 10% 6% -5% 15% 8% -6%
Hawaii 9% 10% 0% 11% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Louisiana 25% 18% -6% 13% 11% -2% 20% 14% -7% 29% 18% -12%
Minnesota 15% 17% 2% 6% 4% -2% 15% N/A N/A 19% 20% 1%
Montana 28% 18% -10% 18% 11% -7% N/A N/A N/A N/A 19% N/A
New York 16% 12% -5% 8% 6% -2% 14% 9% -6% 15% 10% -4%
Oregon 21% 11% -10% 13% 7% -6% N/A N/A N/A 27% 14% -13%
Pennsylvania 23% 13% -9% 10% 6% -4% 17% 13% -4% 17% 9% -9%
Rhode Island 19% 8% -11% 9% 4% -5% 19% N/A N/A 17% 12% -5%
Washington 26% 12% -15% 10% 7% -3% 19% N/A N/A 27% 16% -11%
West Virginia 23% 11% -13% 14% 8% -6% 16% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Alaska 25% 27% 2% 13% 10% -3% N/A N/A N/A 15% N/A N/A
Implemented Medicaid Expansion-Republican Governor
Arizona 29% 22% -6% 15% 10% -5% 16% N/A N/A 30% 17% -13%
Arkansas 24% 16% -8% 16% 8% -8% 20% 9% -11% 27% 31% 4%
Illinois 20% 11% -9% 9% 6% -3% 17% 9% -8% 20% 11% -9%
Indiana 24% 19% -5% 12% 9% -3% 20% 15% -5% 34% 22% -13%
Iowa 18% 13% -5% 8% 6% -3% N/A N/A N/A 18% 13% -5%
Kentucky 26% 10% -17% 15% 7% -8% 11% N/A N/A 47% N/A N/A
Maryland 22% 13% -9% 10% 5% -5% 12% 8% -4% 32% 15% -17%
Massachusetts 5% 6% 1% 3% 5% 2% N/A 6% N/A 5% 4% -2%
Michigan 21% 10% -11% 11% 6% -5% 19% 7% -12% 15% 16% 1%
Nevada 35% 18% -17% 16% 9% -7% 24% N/A N/A 34% 19% -15%
New Hampshire 27% 10% -18% 13% 6% -7% N/A N/A N/A 28% N/A N/A
New Jersey 26% 17% -10% 9% 7% -3% 16% 8% -8% 22% 18% -3%
New Mexico 29% 19% -10% 14% 8% -5% N/A N/A N/A 22% 15% -7%
North Dakota 25% 16% -9% 10% 7% -3% N/A N/A N/A 17% N/A N/A
Ohio 24% 13% -10% 13% 6% -6% 17% 8% -9% 21% 18% -4%
Vermont 15% 10% -5% 9% 6% -3% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Has Not Implemented Medicaid Expansion-Democratic Governor
North Carolina 29% 21% -7% 14% 10% -4% 16% 14% -2% 38% 30% -8%
Virginia 27% 22% -4% 11% 8% -3% 14% 14% 1% 25% 21% -4%
Has Not Implemented Medicaid Expansion-Republican Governor
Alabama 27% 18% -9% 17% 11% -6% 17% 14% -3% 29% 28% -1%
Florida 33% 23% -10% 18% 13% -5% 24% 16% -8% 29% 19% -9%
Georgia 31% 25% -6% 14% 12% -2% 19% 16% -2% 44% 30% -14%
Idaho 28% 21% -7% 15% 11% -4% N/A N/A N/A 23% 23% 0%
Kansas 23% 19% -4% 9% 9% 0% 11% 20% 10% 29% 21% -8%
Maine 16% 8% -8% 11% 6% -5% N/A 0% N/A N/A N/A N/A
Mississippi 24% 21% -2% 12% 14% 2% 19% 13% -6% 58% 30% -28%
Missouri 24% 21% -3% 12% 8% -4% 14% 16% 2% 20% 28% 7%
Nebraska 19% 19% 1% 8% 8% -1% N/A N/A N/A 18% 18% 0%
Oklahoma 26% 21% -4% 15% 10% -5% 14% 23% 9% 24% 27% 3%
South Carolina 32% 19% -13% 15% 13% -2% 22% 11% -12% 43% 24% -19%
South Dakota 20% 19% -1% 9% 8% -2% 14% N/A N/A 22% N/A N/A
Tennessee 24% 19% -5% 12% 11% -1% 18% 12% -6% 41% 30% -11%
Texas 35% 29% -6% 14% 12% -2% 20% 17% -3% 32% 25% -7%
Utah 24% 20% -4% 11% 9% -2% N/A N/A N/A 25% 21% -4%
Wisconsin 17% 15% -1% 9% 7% -2% 17% N/A N/A 19% 16% -2%
Wyoming 29% 18% -11% 16% 10% -6% N/A N/A N/A 34% 13% -21%
SOURCES: Kaiser Family Foundation estimates based on the Census Bureau’s March 2014 and March 2016 Current Population Surveys (CPS: Annual Social and Economic Supplements).
NOTES: Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race; all other racial/ethnic groups are non-Hispanic. N/A: Estimates with relative standard errors greater than 30% are not provided.
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