TABLE 8. Crude and age-standardized* prevalence estimates of no primary source of health insurance coverage, public health plan coverage, and private health insurance coverage at the time of interview among adults aged 18–64 years, by state Medicaid expansion status and federal poverty level — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 43 states,† 2014.
| Category | n§ | No primary source of health insurance coverage¶ |
Public health plan coverage** |
Private health insurance coverage†† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude |
Age standardized |
Crude |
Age standardized |
Crude |
Age standardized |
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| %§§ (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | % (95% CI) | ||
|
Medicaid expansion states¶¶
|
124,776
|
14.2 (13.8–14.6)
|
15.0 (14.6–15.5)
|
21.1 (20.7–21.5)
|
21.1 (20.7–21.6)
|
64.7 (64.2–65.2)
|
63.9 (63.3–64.4)
|
| <100 of FPL |
13,467 |
29.8 (28.4–31.2) |
29.6 (28.2–31.0) |
49.8 (48.2–51.3) |
50.7 (49.2–52.2) |
20.5 (19.2–21.8) |
19.7 (18.6–21.0) |
| ≥100%–≤400% of FPL |
40,723 |
16.7 (16.0–17.5) |
17.3 (16.6–18.2) |
22.6 (21.9–23.4) |
22.1 (21.3–22.9) |
60.6 (59.7–61.5) |
60.5 (59.6–61.5) |
| >400% of FPL |
50,819 |
3.3 ( 2.9–3.6) |
3.6 ( 3.2–4.0) |
5.1 ( 4.7–5.4) |
5.1 ( 4.7–5.6) |
91.7 (91.2–92.1) |
91.3 (90.7–91.9) |
| Unknown |
19,767 |
17.7 (16.7–18.8) |
18.3 (17.3–19.4) |
25.4 (24.4–26.4) |
25.7 (24.6–26.8) |
56.9 (55.7–58.1) |
56.0 (54.8–57.2) |
|
Medicaid nonexpansion states***
|
101,440
|
19.0 (18.6–19.5)
|
19.9 (19.4–20.4)
|
17.6 (17.2–18.0)
|
17.2 (16.8–17.6)
|
63.4 (62.9–63.9)
|
62.9 (62.3–63.4)
|
| <100 of FPL |
13,194 |
41.7 (40.3–43.1) |
41.6 (40.2–42.9) |
37.1 (35.8–38.4) |
37.9 (36.6–39.2) |
21.2 (20.1–22.4) |
20.6 (19.5–21.7) |
| ≥100%–≤400% of FPL |
39,400 |
20.1 (19.4–20.8) |
20.7 (20.0–21.5) |
17.5 (16.8–18.1) |
16.7 (16.1–17.3) |
62.5 (61.6–63.3) |
62.6 (61.7–63.4) |
| >400% of FPL |
36,609 |
3.8 ( 3.5–4.2) |
4.4 ( 3.9–4.9) |
5.9 ( 5.5–6.3) |
5.6 ( 5.2–6.1) |
90.2 (89.7–90.8) |
90.0 (89.3–90.6) |
| Unknown |
12,237 |
23.5 (22.1–24.8) |
24.5 (23.1–26.0) |
21.2 (20.0–22.4) |
20.5 (19.3–21.7) |
55.4 (53.9–56.8) |
55.0 (53.5–56.6) |
|
Overall
|
226,216
|
16.3 (16.0–16.6)
|
17.1 (16.8–17.5)
|
19.6 (19.3–19.9)
|
19.4 (19.1–19.7)
|
64.1 (63.8–64.5)
|
63.4 (63.0–63.8)
|
| <100 of FPL |
26,661 |
35.3 (34.3–36.3) |
35.1 (34.1–36.1) |
43.9 (42.9–44.9) |
44.8 (43.8–45.8) |
20.8 (19.9–21.7) |
20.1 (19.3–21.0) |
| ≥100%–≤400% of FPL |
80,123 |
18.3 (17.8–18.9) |
19.0 (18.4–19.5) |
20.2 (19.7–20.7) |
19.5 (19.0–20.1) |
61.5 (60.9–62.1) |
61.5 (60.8–62.1) |
| >400% of FPL |
87,428 |
3.5 ( 3.3–3.8) |
3.9 ( 3.6–4.3) |
5.4 ( 5.2–5.7) |
5.3 ( 5.0–5.7) |
91.1 (90.7–91.4) |
90.7 (90.3–91.2) |
| Unknown | 32,004 | 19.8 (19.0–20.6) | 20.5 (19.6–21.4) | 23.9 (23.1–24.7) | 24.0 (23.1–24.8) | 56.3 (55.4–57.3) | 55.6 (54.6–56.5) |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; FPL = federal poverty level; n = sample size.
* Age standardized to the 2000 projected population for the United States.
† Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Data from Missouri are available from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
§ Unweighted sample size.
¶ Includes persons who, when asked about their primary source of health care coverage, said they had none and persons who did not have any kind of health care coverage at the time of interview.
** Public health insurance includes Medicare; Medicaid or other state program; TRICARE (formerly CHAMPUS), Veterans Affairs, or military plan; Alaska Native, Indian Health Service, Tribal Health Services, or some other source.
†† Private health insurance includes a plan purchased through an employer or union (includes plans purchased through another person’s employer) or a plan that they or another family member purchased on their own.
§§ Weighted percentage.
¶¶ States that expanded Medicaid as of January 1, 2014 (n = 23): Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.
*** States that did not expand Medicaid as of January 1, 2014 (n = 20): Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.