The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has remanded the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA) case to the district court. Ultimately, the fight over ACA constitutionality will likely go to the Supreme Court. If the ACA is repealed, 20 million people would lose coverage, federal health care spending would decrease by $134.7 billion, and uncompensated care would double.
A public option could spur competition in less competitive markets, leading other Marketplace insurers to lower their premiums. Our analysis finds an association between the presence of a public option proxy in the Marketplace and competing insurers offering lower premiums.
We find that more than half of adults ages 18 to 64 support expanding health insurance coverage through one of these two proposals, with more preferring the public option. But attitudes vary across party affiliation, age, income, educational attainment, and other key characteristics.
Approximately 1 in 10 adults ages 18 to 64 reported that they or someone in their household used charitable food services in the preceding 30 days. Among low-income adults, the rate is 1 in 5. Learn more about Americans who access charitable food in the research brief and blog post.
New Mexico’s 10.5 percent uninsurance rate is less than the national average. But 187,000 residents remain uninsured. At 16.2 percent, American Indians have the state’s highest uninsurance rate, and Hispanic residents make up more than half the state’s uninsured population.
Massachusetts has the highest insurance rate in the country, a distinction won by the state’s long-standing commitment to health care and the ACA’s federal funding streams. But if the ACA is overturned, then 375,000 residents could lose coverage, tripling the state’s uninsurance rate.
