title: Americans' Experiences with Marketplace and Medicaid Coverage. Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey, March-May 2015.
abstract: The latest Commonwealth Fund Affordable Care Act Tracking Survey finds the share of uninsured working-age adults was 13 percent in March–May 2015, compared with 20 percent just before the major coverage expansions went into effect. More than half of adults who currently have coverage either through the Affordable Care Act's (ACA's) marketplace plans or Medicaid expansion were uninsured prior to gaining coverage. Of those, more than 60 percent lacked coverage for one year or longer. More than six of 10 adults who used their new plans to obtain care reported they could not have afforded or accessed it previously. Majorities of people with ACA coverage who have used their plans express satisfaction with the doctors covered in their networks and are able to find physicians with relative ease. Wait times to get appointments with physicians in marketplace plans and Medicaid are comparable to those reported by other working-age adults.
authors.affiliation: Health Care Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund. src@cmwf.org
authors.forename: Sara R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Health Care Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund.
authors.forename: Petra W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.affiliation: The Commonwealth Fund.
authors.forename: Michelle M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Doty
authors.affiliation: Health Care Coverage and Access, The Commonwealth Fund.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beutel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005544:Forecasting; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D062265:Health Insurance Exchanges; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008484:Medicaid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; D017060:Patient Satisfaction / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States