TABLE 2.
Early Disenrollment, Duration of Enrollment, and Insurance Transitions, by Metallic Tier and the Receipt of Cost-Sharing Reductions
| Variables | Full Sample | Bronze Enrollees | Silver Enrollees Without Cost-Sharing Reductions | Silver Enrollees Receiving Cost-Sharing Reductions | Gold Enrollees | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early disenrollment (%) | 24.1 | 26.3 | 25.2 | 18.6 | 21.0 | < 0.001 |
| 2014 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 16.8 | 12.0 | 12.4 | < 0.001 |
| 2015 | 30.9 | 35.7 | 34.0 | 19.5 | 24.8 | < 0.001 |
| 2016 | 26.4 | 25.2 | 26.1 | 26.2 | 25.8 | < 0.001 |
| Mean enrollment duration (d) | 275.7 | 269.4 | 272.0 | 293.0 | 285.7 | < 0.001 |
| Insurance transition type among those who disenrolled early from Marketplace coverage | ||||||
| Disenrollees (N) | 74,296 | 26,906 | 31,115 | 7484 | 8791 | |
| Marketplace to Medicaid (%) | 10.4 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 14.4 | 8.4 | < 0.001 |
| Marketplace to commercial (%) | 17.0 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 20.1 | 23.1 | < 0.001 |
| Lost to follow-up (%) | 72.6 | 74.8 | 73.6 | 65.4 | 68.5 | < 0.001 |
P-values were computed using χ2 tests for categorical variables and analysis of variance F-tests for the comparison of multiple means.