Assessment of Churn in Coverage Among California's Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollees.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Individual health insurance marketplaces established through the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) fill a critical gap for those who lack other coverage options. The high degree of coverage turnover, or churn, has raised concerns about affordability and strategic behavior on the part of individuals to sign up only when they need care.

Objective

To assess the role of California's ACA marketplaces in the broader health care landscape by understanding enrollment tenure and churn.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study analyzed survey data from a representative, probability-based sample of enrollees in California's ACA marketplace, Covered California, collected immediately after the open enrollment periods in 2018, 2019, and 2021. Administ

SUBMITTER: Wolf E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719048 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature