87M Adults Were Uninsured or Underinsured in 2018, Survey Says
Researchers estimate that in 2018, 45 percent of working-age adults, or 87 million people, were either underinsured or had no coverage for at least part of the last year – a share that is essentially unchanged from 2010, despite monumental shifts in health policy during that time.
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"Inadequate insurance coverage leaves people exposed to high health care costs, and these expenses can quickly turn into medical debt," the report said.
The increase in Americans with leaner health coverage has largely been driven by employer-based plans, not the ACA's individual marketplaces, The Commonwealth Fund found. As health care costs have risen, employers have asked workers to shoulder some of the burden by offering plans with higher deductibles or requiring them to pay a larger share of premiums.
About 42 percent of people with individual health coverage said they were underinsured in 2018, compared with 28 percent of those with job-based coverage, the report found. Yet from 2010 to 2018, the greatest growth in the underinsured rate was among adults with employer-based plans.
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-02-07/lack-of-health-insurance-coverage-leads-people-to-avoid-seeking-care
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And kill as many Americans as they could.
I think one day we will be googling the words 'pure evil' and the GOP will be the name that pops up first.
I got a very affordable plan with ACA. Twice I got refunds since the law states an insurance company has to use I think it was 80% on care and 20% on other. Twice, a $200 refund.
I am so sorry that your brother has lost his affordable insurance, SunSeeker. We need another huge blue wave in 2020 to alter this course.
