A profile of Wyoming’s low-wage uninsured workers
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Alker, Joan, author Corcoran, Alexandra, author
- Contributor(s):
- Georgetown University. Center for Children and Families. issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, Center for Children and Families, May 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Medicaid Medically Uninsured Poverty United States Wyoming United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) includes new large financial incentives for states to extend health insurance coverage to low-wage workers and other adults earning less than $17,775 a year. These incentives apply to regular spending in a state’s Medicaid program and offer a five-percentage point across the board increase in the federal share for a 24-month period after the state extends coverage. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that Wyoming’s budget would see a net gain of $30 million over a two-year period if the state expanded Medicaid. Approximately 15,200 uninsured nonelderly adults, or 28 percent of the state’s uninsured adult population, would gain health insurance. This fact sheet examines which workers and industries would benefit from expansion of Medicaid coverage. The top sectors employing low-wage uninsured workers in Wyoming are hospitality and retail, accounting for more than half (57.1 percent) of those working without insurance (see Table 1). Within these industries, the top occupation types are food preparation and serving, and sales which encompass 39.7 percent of Wyoming’s uninsured low-wage workers (see Table 2).
- 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 (2 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918334382506676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918334382506676