Health Payer Intelligence November 11, 2020
Many unemployed Americans who lose their employer-sponsored health plans turn to the Affordable Care Act health plans and public payers.
After losing their employer-sponsored health plans, many adults are shifting to public and non-group plans, emphasizing the important role that the Affordable Care Act plays in health insurance, an Urban Institute survey indicated.
Over 3 million adults lost employer-sponsored health plan coverage between late March and September 2020, the Urban Institute researchers found. These results were similar to a report that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Urban Institute released in September 2020.
However, the Urban Institute found that the Affordable Care Act provided a cushion of coverage for most of those who lost their employer-sponsored health plans.
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