Table 4:

Simple Differences in Insurance Status for the Higher-Income Parents and Childless Adults in the Comparison Groups, Pre and Post New York's Coverage Expansions, 1999–2004

	Higher-Income Parents				Higher-Income Childless Adults
	Public				Public
	Public+ Nongroup†	Public Only	ESI	Uninsured	Public+ Nongroup†	Public Only	ESI	Uninsured
NHIS
Preperiod	2.7%	1.2%	92.1%	5.3%	5.3%	1.2%	80.5%	14.2%
Full postperiod	2.6%	1.5%	91.5%	5.9%	4.7%	1.5%	83.0%	12.3%
Post 1—DRM/FHP/HNY	2.0%	0.7%	91.8%	6.3%	4.3%	1.3%	80.6%	15.1%
Post 2—FHP/HNY	3.0%	2.1%	91.4%	5.6%	4.9%	1.5%	84.6%	10.5%
Change over time
Full postperiod	−0.1	0.3	−0.6	0.6	−0.6	0.3	2.5	−1.9
Post 1—DRM/FHP/HNY	−0.7	−0.6	−0.3	1.0	−1.0	0.1	0.1	0.9
Post 2—FHP/HNY	0.3	0.9	−0.7	0.3	−0.4	0.3	4.1*	−3.7*
CPS
Preperiod	4.5%	1.2%	91.6%	3.9%	5.9%	1.8%	82.4%	11.7%
Full postperiod	4.0%	1.6%	91.4%	4.7%	6.7%	2.7%	79.8%	13.6%
Post 1—DRM/FHP/HNY	2.8%	0.5%	92.6%	4.7%	6.1%	1.2%	80.3%	13.6%
Post 2—FHP/HNY	4.7%	2.3%	90.7%	4.7%	7.0%	3.4%	79.5%	13.5%
Change over time
Full postperiod	−0.5	0.4	−0.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	−2.6*	1.8
Post 1—DRM/FHP/HNY	−1.7***	−0.7	1.0	0.7	0.2	−0.6	−2.1	1.9
Post 2—FHP/HNY	0.2	1.1	−0.9	0.7	1.1	1.7	−2.9*	1.8

Source: 2000–2004 CPS; 1999–2004 NHIS.

Note: Our comparison group is higher-income adults with incomes between 300 and 550% FPL who are not affected by the state's policy changes.

^*Significantly different from zero at the .10, and .01 level, respectively, two-tailed test.

^***Significantly different from zero at the .10, and .01 level, respectively, two-tailed test.

^†This category includes public and private nongroup insurance (see text).