Effects of Obtaining ACA Coverage for Newly Insured, Low-Income Americans

Researchers Rachel Garfield and Katherine Young of the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured put their heads together to try to better understand the impact that gaining coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has had on the lives of the newly insured adult population. In the 2014 enrollment period, 11 million nonelderly adults were “newly insured,” or obtained health coverage after a period where they were uninsured.

Their report was based on the 2014 Kaiser Survey of Low-Income Americans and the ACA, which surveyed 10,502 non-elderly adults between September 2 and December 15, 2014. The researchers noted that about three-fourths of the survey responses were completed before November 15, the start of the second open enrollment period. Demographically, the report was restricted to individuals from low-income families.

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