Becker's Healthcare October 21, 2021
A hearing from the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance welcomed testimonies on the current state of insurance coverage in America, with representatives from the Commonwealth Fund providing insight on employer-provided coverage.
Here are seven takeaways from the testimony:
1. A quarter of adults in employer-sponsored plans are underinsured while 42 percent have individual coverage but are considered underinsured. Both numbers have risen since 2010.
2. The introduction of the ACA had created little change in the number of adults under 65 years old who have coverage through their employers. The percentage of adults under the age of 65 with employer-sponsored coverage spanned between 57 and 62 percent since 2012.
3. Since the enactment of the ACA, nearly all...
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