Health exchanges utilized in rich and poor counties
By Randy Tucker, Dayton Daily News, Ohio | |
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But about the same percentage of residents in
Total marketplace enrollment in
By comparison, total enrollment for
The numbers likely reflect the continued impact of the Great Recession, which hit middle-class households hard with job losses and declining wages, said
"There are certain counties in the area, like
About 85 percent of the 154,000 Ohioans who signed up for marketplace coverage this year qualified for tax credit subsidies available to low and middle income households to offset the cost of premiums and deductibles.
Those numbers are not surprising, Bowblis said, when you consider that the
More than 166,000 Ohioans lost manufacturing jobs, and their health benefits, during the Great Recession of 2007-2009, according to the state's
While the state has regained about 50,000 of those jobs over the past four years, most of the new jobs pay a fraction of the wages they used to pay, reducing the incomes of those previously living solidly middle-class lifestyles.
"You have these counties that are affluent overall, but there are large areas inside these counties that are not as affluent and those areas are growing," Bowblis said.
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