health coverage for children: where do we stand?
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Health Coverage for Children: Where do we stand?. Joan Alker/Sabrina Corlette Georgetown Health Policy Institute February 4, 2014. How Children Are Covered, 2011. 66.2% of Low-income children are on Medicaid/CHIP. Children = 72.8 million. Children’s Coverage Under the ACA. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Health Coverage for Children: Where do we stand?
Joan Alker/Sabrina CorletteGeorgetown Health Policy Institute
February 4, 2014
2Source: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families analysis of estimates from the US Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey. Source: Georgetown University Center for Children and Families analysis of estimates from the US Census Bureau’s 2011 American Community Survey. Note: Coverage sources are not mutually exclusive. Children may have more than one source of coverage.
Children = 72.8 million Medicaid &
CHIP; 36.50%
Other Pub-lic; 0.60%
Employer; 51.90%
Individual Market; 7.20%
Uninsured, 7.50%
How Children Are Covered, 2011
66.2% of Low-income children are on Medicaid/CHIP
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Children’s Coverage Under the ACA
Source: Urban Institute’s Health Insurance Policy Simulation Model, 2011. “Improving Coverage for Children Under Health Reform Will Require Maintaining Current Eligibility Standards for Medicaid and CHIP”, Health Affairs, 30, no. 12 (2011)
Employer50%
Individual3%
Medicaid & CHIP41%
Other Public1%
Uninsured5%
An estimated two million children will have individual market exchange coverage
SOURCES: State decisions on the Medicaid expansion as of October 21, 2013. Based on data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Kaiser Family Foundation and state legislative scan by Georgetown CCF.
Status of Medicaid Expansions(1/1/31)
WY
WI
WV
WA
VA
VT
UT
TX
TN
SD
SC
RI PA
OR
OK
OH
ND
NC
NY
NM
NJ
NH
NV NE
MT
MO
MS
MN
MI1
MA
MD
ME
LA
KY KS
IA IN IL
ID
HI
GA
FL
DC
DE
CT
CO CA
ARAZ
AK
AL
Moving Forward at this Time (26 States including DC)Not Moving Forward at this Time (20 States)Ongoing Discussion (5 States)
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States with Extended Waivers (2 States)
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Open Enrollment: Mid-Way Point
• Rates lower than projected vs. “rate shock”• Early renewals and policy cancellations• Rocky websites• Back end glitches• SBMs outperforming FFMs• Coverage gaps• Provider network issues
Open Enrollment: Mid Way Point
Continued lack of awareness
Where are the Uninsured?
7 in 10 uninsured adults have not yet been to marketplace
69% do not know financial help is available
Main reason uninsured?“I can’t afford it.” 69%
81% do NOT know about March deadline
Uninsured adults in 30s less likely to know about options than other age cohorts
Source: Enroll America, Results from a National Survey of Uninsured Adults 18 to 64Conducted Dec. 12-22, 2013; KFF January 2014 tracking poll
47% have unfavorable view24% have favorable view
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Open Enrollment: Mid-Way PointEnrollment Status
o Web Site and Call Center Activityo 53.2M visits to websiteso 11.3M calls to call centers
o Eligibility Determinations and Plan Selectiono 3 M have selected planoPublic program data is not yet very useful
Source: Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation, HHSMonthly status report October 1-Dec. 28, 2013 and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
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Open Enrollment: Mid-Way PointEnrollment Status
• Breakdown: Gender– 46% Male– 54% Female
• Breakdown: Age– 6% < 18– 24% between 18-
34– 55% between 45-
64
o Breakdown: Popular Planso 20% Bronzeo 60% Silvero 13% Goldo 7% Platinumo 1% Catastrophic
o Breakdown: Subsidieso 79% receiving
subsidies
Source: Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation, HHSMonthly status report October 1-Dec. 28, 2013
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ACA Marketplaces: Policy Issues to Watch
• Cost-sharing• Benefits• Employer-
based coverage
• Enrollment• Premiums• Narrow
networks• Provider
capacity
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ACA Marketplaces: Issues for Families
• Coverage problems
• Use of services• Churn• Reconciliation
• E&E Assistance• Health
insurance literacy
• Appeals
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Children’s Coverage in the United States, 2014
28% of separate CHIP kids moving to Medicaid
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National Eligibility Levels, 2013
Potential Coverage
Gap
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Premium cost for:
Income of:
Self-only
Household
> 9.5%
Subsidies for an employee with an ESI
coverage offerAre available only if:
Affordability Test - Individual
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Premium cost for:
Income of:
Self-only
Household
> 9.5%
Subsidies for a family with an ESI coverage
offerAre available only if:
Affordability Test – Family Glitch
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Premium cost for:
Income of:
Household
Household
> 9.5%
Subsidies for a family with an ESI coverage
offerAre available only if:
Affordability Test – Preferred Outcome
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FUTURE OF CHIP?
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CHIP Funded through 2015o Maintenance of Effort through 2019o Family glitch and other glitches underscore
the need for CHIP to continueo Future Key question – How will marketplace
coverage work for kids?o Recent GAO study was limited in scope – found
benefits similar but not cost-sharingo CMS comparability study later this year?o CCF/NASHP benefits study coming soon but
much more work is needed
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Future of CHIP: State Directions?
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Future of CHIPo Arkansas approach – using Medicaid/CHIP to buy
marketplace coverageo Cost effective??o Will kids get the same benefits?o Family together? o Access to providers?
o Arizona – world with no MOE – kids in exchangeo Family glitch, enrollment glitcheso Benefits/cost-sharing
o California - CHIP is a financing source for Medicaid
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For More Informationo Joan Alker:
o [email protected] ccf.georgetown.eduowww.theccfblog.org/
o Sabrina Corletteo [email protected] chir.georgetown.eduowww.chirblog.org/