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- Black and Hispanic adults have long experienced higher uninsurance rates than white adults. Under the Affordable Care Act, differences in uninsurance rates have narrowed for both black and Hispanic adults compared to their white counterparts, but Hispanics continue to face large gaps in coverage.
www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0757Uninsurance Disparities Have Narrowed For Black And Hispanic ...
After the main ACA provisions went into effect in 2014, coverage disparities declined slightly as the percentage of adults who were uninsured decreased by 7.1 percentage points for Hispanics, 5.1 percentage points for Blacks, and 3 percentage points for Whites.
Early research on the ACA found that insurance coverage increased more for black and Hispanic adults than for white adults, which slightly reduced disparities in coverage. 1,8–10 The increase in...
- Thomas C Buchmueller, Helen G Levy
- 2020
Jan 16, 2020 · Blacks and Hispanics had the highest uninsured rates prior to the law’s passage and have made the largest gains. The uninsured rate for black adults dropped from 24.4 percent in 2013 to 14.4 percent in 2018, while the rate for Hispanic adults decreased from 40.2 percent to 24.9 percent.
Jun 7, 2024 · The uninsured rate among Black Americans dropped to just under 11 percent from roughly 21 percent, while the rate among Hispanic Americans dropped even more, to 18 percent from almost 33...
Mar 20, 2023 · Uninsured rates for Black and Hispanic adults improved considerably in several states between 2019 and 2021, while White adults experienced modest gains in most regions.
- Social Media Producer
- CBS News
In the years since the law went into effect, insurance coverage has increased significantly for all racial/ethnic groups. Because coverage increased more for non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics than for non-Hispanic whites, disparities in coverage have decreased.
Jan 11, 2024 · Uninsured rates for nonelderly Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (NHOPI) (12.7%) and Black people (10.0%) also were higher than the rate for their White counterparts (6.6%). Coverage...
