A
survey
released yesterday conducted by AccessHealthCT found that 53% of people who
signed up for coverage through the exchange this year were previously
uninsured. The question asked if anyone in the enrollees’ household had
insurance in the past year. Interestingly the percent of households previously
uninsured differed little for those who enrolled in Medicaid (55%) vs.
insurance (52%). The survey suggests that the exchange moved just over 40,000
uninsured CT residents into private insurance this year. AccessHealthCT’s
survey methodology is not available at this writing.
A national
Gallup
survey released Tuesday found that CT’s uninsured rate dropped from 12.3%
last year to 7.4% this year. Gallup found that states, like CT, that both
expanded Medicaid and implemented a state-based exchange experienced the
largest gains in coverage – possibly due to larger shares of federal outreach
funding. Among those states, CT ranked seventh in overall coverage gains.
