Researchers at Duke University Target COVID-19 (Employer-sponsored Coverage Stabilized and Uninsurance Declined In the Second Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2023 MAY 05 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at NewsRx COVID-19 Daily -- Fresh data on Coronavirus - COVID-19 are presented in a new report. According to news originating from Durham, North Carolina, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “The health risks of COVID-19, combined with widespread economic instability in the US, spurred Congress to pass temporary measures to improve access to health insurance. Using data from the Household Pulse Survey, a high-frequency, population-based survey, we examined trends in health coverage during 2021 and early 2022 among nonelderly adults.”

Financial support for this research came from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Duke University, “We estimated that eight million people gained coverage during this period, primarily because of increases in Medicaid and other public coverage. Despite rising employment, rates of employer-sponsored coverage remained flat. In Medicaid expansion states, employment rates increased significantly among Medicaid enrollees. Our results suggest that when the public health emergency ends, many people currently enrolled in Medicaid might no longer be eligible, particularly in Medicaid expansion states.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Policy makers and employers should be prepared to help people who lose Medicaid eligibility identify and navigate enrollment in alternative sources of health insurance, including both Affordable Care Act Marketplace and employer-sponsored coverage.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Employer-sponsored Coverage Stabilized and Uninsurance Declined In the Second Year of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Health Affairs, 2023;42(1):130-139. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA.

The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Kate Bundorf, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, United States. Additional authors for this research include Jessica S. Banthin, Christine Young Kim and Sumedha Gupta.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.01070. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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