Health Care Spending Among Low-Income Households with and without Medicaid
This brief analyzes data from the 2014 Consumer Expenditure survey to measure the impact of insurance on the health care spending and budgets of low-income households.
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Health Center Patient Trends, Enrollment Activities, and Service Capacity: Recent Experience in Medicaid Expansion and Non-Expansion States
Issue BriefIn thousands of medically underserved communities across the U.S., community health centers enroll low-income people in health coverage and provide care to millions of patients. Against the backdrop of significant health center expansion over several years and a full year of expanded health coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), this brief examines change between 2013 and 2014 in the volume and health coverage profile of health center patients, and health center enrollment activities and service capacity, comparing states that implemented the ACA Medicaid expansion in 2014 and states that did not expand Medicaid in 2014. The study is based on data from the federal Uniform Data System and a 2014 national survey of health centers.
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Uninsured Quiz
FeatureThe number of uninsured people in the United States has received increased attention since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act in 2010. How much do you know about the uninsured population and the consequences of not having coverage? Take our quiz.
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Health Insurance Coverage of the Nonelderly by Poverty Level, 2014
FeatureHealth Insurance Coverage of the Nonelderly by Poverty Level, 2014 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2015 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.
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The Uninsured Population– As a Share of the Nonelderly Population and by Poverty Levels, 2014
FeatureHealth Insurance Coverage of the Nonelderly by Poverty Level, 2014 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2015 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.
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Characteristics of the Nonelderly Uninsured, 2014
FeatureCharacteristics of nonelerly uninsured, 2014 Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2015 ASEC Supplement to the CPS.
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Medicare Drug Plan Enrollees Would Face Average 13 Percent Premium Increase Unless They Switch Plans During Open Enrollment, New Analysis Finds
News ReleaseSecond Analysis Finds Modest Shifts in Medicare Advantage Plan Options When Medicare's 2016 open enrollment begins Oct. 15, current enrollees in stand-alone Medicare Part D plans are projected to face an average 13 percent increase in premiums if they remain in their current plan for 2016, a new analysis finds.
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Medicare Part D: A First Look at Plan Offerings in 2016
Issue BriefDuring the Medicare open enrollment period, beneficiaries have the opportunity to enroll in a plan that provides Part D prescription drug coverage, either a stand-alone prescription drug plan (PDP) to supplement traditional Medicare, or a Medicare Advantage drug plan. This issue brief provides an overview of the 2016 PDP marketplace, focusing on key changes from 2015, based on analysis of data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It presents analysis of PDP availability, premiums, benefit design, and low-income subsidy plans.
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Medicaid: Moving Forward
FeatureThis slideshow gives a basic overview of the Medicaid program, including how it is financed, whom it covers and the role of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
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To Switch or Be Switched: Examining Changes in Drug Plan Enrollment among Medicare Part D Low-Income Subsidy Enrollees
ReportDuring the Medicare Part D annual enrollment period, people on Medicare can review and compare stand-alone prescription drug plans (PDPs) and Medicare Advantage plans and switch plans if they choose. Low-income beneficiaries who receive premium and cost-sharing assistance through the Part D Low-Income Subsidy (LIS) program have a subset of premium-free PDPs (benchmark plans) available to them, but can also choose to enroll in a non-benchmark plan and pay a premium. This analysis examines plan changes among LIS enrollees in PDPs between 2006 and 2010.