How did rural residents fare on the health insurance marketplaces?
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Polsky, Daniel E., author Weiner, Janet, author Nathenson, Robert A., author Becker Nora, author Kanneganti, Mounika, author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [Philadelphia, PA] : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, August 2014
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Insurance Exchanges -- statistics & numerical data Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence Rural Population -- statistics & numerical data Economic Competition Fees and Charges -- statistics & numerical data Health Care Reform -- economics Health Insurance Exchanges -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance Coverage -- economics Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Insurance, Health -- economics State Government Urban Population -- statistics & numerical data Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- One of the ongoing questions about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is its impact on rural areas, many of which had lacked a competitive individual market for health insurance. Would the ACA foster competition among plans in these areas? Or would they be dominated by one or two insurers and face higher premiums and fewer plan choices than their urban counterparts? This Data Brief examines 2014 premiums, issuers, and plans offered to residents of urban and rural counties. In 2014, while it appears that residents of rural counties, as a whole, did not face higher premiums than residents of urban counties, substantial differences emerge within a number of states and between states of varying degrees of rurality. In particular, states with largely rural populations face fewer choices and higher premiums. These are the states to watch in the coming months as new issuers enter the marketplaces and 2015 premiums are filed.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101641976 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101641976