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After Millions of Californians Gain Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act, Who Will Remain--
--Uninsured?
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/healthcare/aca_uninsured.shtml
* 3.1 to 4 million Californians are predicted to remain uninsured in 2019.
* Almost three-quarters of the remaining uninsured in California will be U.S. citizens or lawfully present immigrants.
* Half of all remaining uninsured, or two million Californians, will be eligible for Medi-Cal or Exchange subsidies but remain unenrolled under the base scenario. Barriers to enrollment could include lack of awareness about the programs, challenges in the enrollment process, or inability to afford subsidized coverage.
* 72 percent of remaining uninsured Californians will be exempt from paying tax penalties under the minimum coverage requirements of the ACA due to income, lack of an affordable offer of coverage or immigration status. Approximately three percent of all Californians will owe a tax penalty due to not obtaining minimum coverage.
* Nearly 40 percent of the remaining uninsured will lack an offer of affordable coverage with premiums costing eight percent of household income or less. Some uninsured Californians will be ineligible for subsidized coverage due to income or immigration status, while others will be eligible for subsidized plans in the Exchange with premiums that exceed the affordability standard.
* Some of the remaining uninsured will lack coverage for short time periods due to life transitions.
* 57 percent of Californians who remain uninsured will have household incomes at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
* 3.1 to 4 million Californians are predicted to remain uninsured in 2019.
* Almost three-quarters of the remaining uninsured in California will be U.S. citizens or lawfully present immigrants.
* Half of all remaining uninsured, or two million Californians, will be eligible for Medi-Cal or Exchange subsidies but remain unenrolled under the base scenario. Barriers to enrollment could include lack of awareness about the programs, challenges in the enrollment process, or inability to afford subsidized coverage.
* 72 percent of remaining uninsured Californians will be exempt from paying tax penalties under the minimum coverage requirements of the ACA due to income, lack of an affordable offer of coverage or immigration status. Approximately three percent of all Californians will owe a tax penalty due to not obtaining minimum coverage.
* Nearly 40 percent of the remaining uninsured will lack an offer of affordable coverage with premiums costing eight percent of household income or less. Some uninsured Californians will be ineligible for subsidized coverage due to income or immigration status, while others will be eligible for subsidized plans in the Exchange with premiums that exceed the affordability standard.
* Some of the remaining uninsured will lack coverage for short time periods due to life transitions.
* 57 percent of Californians who remain uninsured will have household incomes at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Level.
Comment by Don McCanne PNHP: The projected numbers and demographics of the uninsured after full implementation of the Affordable Care Act in California are shameful. Although there would be regional differences in demographics, the national numbers would be roughly tenfold. We can do far better by enacting an improved Medicare for all.
My comment: ACA will help, but not enough. We need to be thinking ahead to single payer, most likely to be achieved on a state-by-by state basis.
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