MPC Member Publications

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Title: Insurance-Based Discrimination Reports and Access to Care Among Nonelderly US Adults, 2011-2019

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2023

ISSN: 15410048

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2022.307126

PMID: 36480777

Abstract: Objectives. To report insurance-based discrimination rates for nonelderly adults with private, public, or no insurance between 2011 and 2019, a period marked by passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and threats to it. Methods. We used 2011-2019 data from the biennial Minnesota Health Access Survey. Each year, about 4000 adults aged 18 to 64 years report experiences with insurance-based discrimination. Using logistic regressions, we examined associations between insurance-based discrimination and (1) sociodemographic factors and (2) indicators of access. Results. Insurance-based discrimination was stable over time and consistently related to insurance type: approximately 4% for adults with private insurance compared with adults with public insurance (21%) and no insurance (27%). Insurance-based discrimination persistently interfered with confidence in getting needed care and forgoing care. Conclusions. Policy changes from 2011 to 2019 affected access to health insurance, but high rates of insurance-based discrimination among adults with public insurance or no insurance were impervious to such changes. Public Health Implications. Stable rates of insurance-based discrimination during a time of increased access to health insurance via the ACA suggest deeper structural roots of health care inequities. We recommend several policy and system solutions. (Am J Public Health. 2023;113(2):213-223. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307126).

Url: https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/AJPH.2022.307126

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Authors: Call, Kathleen Thiede; Alarcon-Espinoza, Giovann; Arthur, Natalie Schwer Mac; Jones-Webb, Rhonda

Periodical (Full): American journal of public health

Issue: 2

Volume: 113

Pages: 213-223

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