Medicare Eligibility and Changes in Coverage, Access to Care, and Health by Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Medicare provides nearly universal insurance coverage at age 65 years. However, how Medicare eligibility affects disparities in health insurance coverage, access to care, and health status among individuals by sexual orientation and gender identity is poorly understood.

Objective

To assess the association of Medicare eligibility with disparities in health insurance coverage, access to care, and self-reported health status among individuals by sexual orientation and by gender identity.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used the age discontinuity for Medicare eligibility at age 65 years to isolate the association of Medicare with health insurance coverage, access to care, and self-reported health status, by their sexual orientation

SUBMITTER: Gavulic KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227074 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature