How Does Gaining Coverage Affect People's Lives? Access, Utilization, and Financial Security among Newly Insured Adults
| Appendix Table 1: Newly Insured, Previously Insured, and Uninsured Adults with Incomes Below 400% FPL, Fall 2014 | |||
| Uninsured | Newly Insured | Previously Insured | |
| Income | |||
| < 138% FPL | 59% | 56% | 37%* |
| 139 – 400% FPL | 41% | 44% | 63%* |
| Work Status | |||
| Full Time Working Family | 47% | 45% | 61%* |
| Part Time Working Family | 19% | 20% | 10%* |
| Unemployed Family | 33% | 33% | 29% |
| Race/Ethnicity | |||
| Hispanic | 31%* | 23% | 18% |
| White, Non-Hispanic | 45% | 49% | 61%* |
| Black, Non-Hispanic | 15% | 19% | 12%* |
| Other | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| Gender | |||
| Female | 45%* | 58% | 53% |
| Male | 55% | 42% | 47% |
| Citizenship | |||
| Citizen | 77%* | 87% | 94%* |
| Legal Immigrant | 7% | 7% | 3% |
| Undocumented | 15%* | 5% | 2%* |
| Age | |||
| 19-25 | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| 26-34 | 29% | 31% | 20%* |
| 35-44 | 20% | 19% | 22% |
| 45-64 | 26% | 31% | 40%* |
| Family Status | |||
| Married with dependent children | 16% | 16% | 29%* |
| Married, no dependent children | 10% | 11% | 18%* |
| Not married with dependent children | 22% | 22% | 14%* |
| Not married, no dependent children | 52% | 50% | 39%* |
| Insurance Status of Participant’s Children | |||
| Doesn’t have Children | 62% | 62% | 57% |
| All Children are insured | 25%* | 35% | 41% |
| Some or all children are uninsured | 12% | — | 2% |
| Health Status | |||
| Excellent/Good Health | 62%* | 71% | 75% |
| Fair/Poor Health | 37%* | 28% | 25% |
| Excellent/Good Mental Health | 79% | 80% | 84% |
| Fair/Poor Mental Health | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Has Ongoing Condition | 32% | 39% | 41% |
| Taking Rx | 25%* | 36% | 49%* |
| Coverage Began In | |||
| Quarter 1 | NA | 40% | NA |
| Quarter 2 | NA | 20% | NA |
| Quarter 3 | NA | 22% | NA |
| Quarter 4 | NA | 9% | NA |
| DK/RF | NA | 9% | NA |
| Prior Coverage | |||
| Coverage started prior to 2014 | NA | NA | 87% |
| Had same plan, but renewed in 2014 | NA | NA | 11% |
| Had other plan, same coverage type | NA | NA | — |
| Had other type of coverage | NA | NA | 13% |
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NOTES: NA: Not applicable. “–“: Estimates with relative standard errors greater than 30% or with cell sizes less than 100 are not provided.
* Estimate statistically significantly different from newly insured estimate at the 95% confidence level.
SOURCE: 2014 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA.
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- Coverage Expansions and the Remaining Uninsured: A Look at California During Year One of ACA Implementation