Many adults are uncertain about Medicare for All and other proposals to expand health insurance coverage, though support for these proposals tends to be higher than opposition. What do Medicare for All supporters and opponents think about the policy, and which groups are most likely to support it?
Many immigrant families are avoiding routine activities during which they might be asked or bothered about their citizenship status. A
brief highlights how they are changing their daily routines, and a related report and
blog post shares insights from a follow-up survey of adults in immigrant families who said they or a family member avoided participating in safety net programs because of immigration concerns.
A unified cost-sharing reform to Medicare would simplify coverage for fee-for-service beneficiaries and create an out-of-pocket maximum. Out-of-pocket expenses would decline or remain similar for about 35 million of the 39 million beneficiaries, and 4 million would experience an increase of at least 5 percent in spending. Medicare spending would increase by about 6 percent relative to current law in 2020.
Uninsurance among new mothers decreased between 2010 and 2017 for non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic women. Yet several hundred thousand new mothers remained uninsured in 2017. Compared with white new mothers, Hispanic new mothers were more than three times as likely and black new mothers were more than one-and-a-half times as likely to be uninsured in 2017.
Despite large declines in the uninsurance rate under the Affordable Care Act, 7.5 million women of reproductive age remained uninsured in 2017. These fact sheets show the characteristics of women with the highest uninsurance rates in each state and the District of Columbia. In 40 states, they also provide the breakdown of potential eligibility for financial assistance obtaining health insurance coverage among uninsured women.
