Knowledge as a Predictor of Insurance Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Affordable Care Act established policy mechanisms to increase health insurance coverage in the United States. While insurance coverage has increased, 10%-15% of the US population remains uninsured.

Objectives

To assess whether health insurance literacy and financial literacy predict being uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by Marketplace insurance, holding demographic characteristics, attitudes toward risk, and political affiliation constant.

Research design

Analysis of longitudinal data from fall 2013 and spring 2015 including financial and health insurance literacy and key covariates collected in 2013.

Subjects

A total of 2742 US residents ages 18-64, 525 uninsured in fall 2013, participating in the RAND American Life Panel, a nationall

SUBMITTER: Hoerl M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5352474 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature