Affordable Care Act Enrollment in King County: Increases in Health Insurance Coverage
Report by Public Health - Seattle & King County [nid:53]
September 1, 2016
Communities Count (Seattle)
Executive Summary
¨ After Medicaid expansion and the launch of the WA Health plan finder health exchange, uninsurance rates in working-age adults and children drop significantly.
¨ The percent of children without health insurance fell to 1.6%.
¨ In the general working-age adult population, lack of health insurance fell to 7.7%. Large reductions in uninsurance rates were experienced by ¤
- all age groups
- across all income levels
- for all race/ethnicities
- for adults that were employed and unemployed.
¨ These are still early findings and we will continue to monitor these trends.