[NYAPRS Enews] Manderscheid: Profile of the Likely Newly Insured under the ACA

[Harvey Rosenthal]

Obamacare will extend health insurance to 32 million Americans. Here's
who they are.


President Obama's signature health-care law is expected to extend health
insurance to 32 million Americans over the next decade. PriceWaterhouse
Cooper is out with a new report <http://www.pwc.com/us/healthexchanges>
that looks at who, exactly, those Americans are - and how they compare
to the millions of American who already have coverage. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/files/2012/10/hri-newlyi
nsured_static-graphic.jpg> 

In general: The newly-insured will be a more diverse, lower-income group
group than those who currently have coverage. They are less likely to be
white or to speak English. They are more likely to be single and not
rate themselves in great health. The median income of the newly-insured
is 133 percent of the Federal Poverty Line ($14,893 for an individual).
For those who already have coverage, that number stands at 166 percent
($18,542).

This is probably the population that we should expect Obamacare to
extend coverage; the whole idea of the law was to cover low- and
middle-income Americans who have previously had difficulty accessing
coverage. 

Ron Manderscheid, PhD

Executive Director,

Natl Assn of Co Beh Hlth & Dev Dis Dirs/www.nacbhdd.org

25 Massachusetts Ave, NW,  Ste 500  

Washington, DC 20001

The Voice of Local Authorities in the Nation's Capital! 

202-942-4296 (O); 202-553-1827 (M); rmanderscheid at nacbhd.org

&

President,

ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership/www.acmha.org 

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