The Institute for Health Policy and Practice is pleased to release another installment of its “Informing the Conversation – Covering the Care” data and policy brief series.provides updated data on health insurance coverage in ʤ and updated policy explanations for shifts and changes in access.The brief highlights demographic details, including a break down of health insurance coverage types by age, county and income level, and highlights the transition from the ʤ Health Protection Premium Assistance Program to the Granite Advantage Program.
Key findings include:
- The uninsured rate in NH has been consistent in recent years, at just under 6% from 2015 through 2018, down from almost 11% in 2013
- The uninsured rate in the non-elderly adult population dropped from 15% in 2013 to 8% in 2018
- Not all people who are employed, however, have health insurance. Focusing on the employed adult population under 65 (i.e., pre-retirement), 14% were uninsured in 2013. In 2018, 8% of the employed population under 65 were uninsured.
- For the 2018 Open Enrollment period (November – December 2018), 44,581 people selected a Marketplace plan for the 2019 coverage year in NH through healthcare.gov. That compares to 49,573 in 2018 and 53,024 in 2017. Of those enrolling for the 2019 coverage year:
- Over one-third were age 55-64.
- 53% were women.
- Enrollees were distributed across the state, in all 10 NH counties.
- Over half of the enrollees chose silver plans.
- Among the population enrolled in the Marketplace during Open Enrollment in NH in 2018, 73% applied for the Advance Payment of the Premium Tax Credit (APTC), and 39% applied for the Cost Sharing Reductions (CSR). In total, 73% applied for either method of financial assistance for purchasing health insurance on the Marketplace.
- There were approximately 48,629 total enrollees in the Medicaid Expansion in October 2019.
- About one third of the enrollees were 25-34 years old.
- Enrollees were distributed across the state, in all 10 NH counties.
- Enrollees were almost equally male and female.