Trends in US Health Insurance Coverage During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

While most working-age adults in the US obtain health insurance through an employer, little is known about the implications of the massive pandemic-related job loss in March 2020 and subsequent rebound for rates of employer-sponsored coverage and uninsurance.

Objective

To determine how health insurance coverage changed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design setting and participants

Analysis of trends in insurance coverage based on repeated cross sections of the US Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey data, using linear regression to adjust for respondent's demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and state of residence. More than 1.2 million US adults aged 18 to 64 years were surveyed from April 23 through December 21, 2020.

Exposures

The COVID-

SUBMITTER: Bundorf MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8796896 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature