Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Issues Commentary Entitled 'Closing Coverage Gap and Making Premium Subsidies Permanent Could Cover 7M Uninsured'
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Director of Research and Data Analysis
Enacting key health insurance provisions like those in the Build Back Better legislation could cover 7 million uninsured people in 2022, an
Reductions in the number of uninsured would be greatest among low-income groups. Some 3.3 million of those who would gain coverage earn less than 138 percent of the FPL (or below about
All states would see significant reductions in the uninsured, but the greatest reductions would occur in the 12 states that haven't expanded Medicaid, narrowing the persistent gap in uninsured rates between expansion and non-expansion states. In fact, the ten states with the largest percentage reductions in the uninsured would all be non-expansion states.
In addition to major coverage gains, the policies under consideration would reap financial benefits. Uncompensated care costs -- the cost of providing health care that goes unpaid by patients or insurers -- would fall in 2022 by
See map and table here: https://www.cbpp.org/blog/closing-coverage-gap-and-making-premium-subsidies-permanent-could-cover-7-million-uninsured
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