Timely and accurate estimates of the number of people who do not have health insurance coverage are important for understanding trends in health insurance coverage and the impacts of policy changes that affect health insurance. Estimates of the number of people who are uninsured are available from several different sources. This brief provides an annual update to comparisons of uninsurance estimates from five federal surveys.[i] It presents trends in national estimates of uninsurance, presents the most recent available state-level estimates from these surveys, and describes the main reasons for variation in the estimates across the different surveys.

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Resources

Comparing Federal Government Surveys that Count the Uninsured: 2014
Issue Brief

Using Recent Revisions to Federal Surveys for Measuring the effects of the Affordable Care Act
Issue Brief

An Introduction to Redesigned Health Insurance Coverage Questions in the 2014 Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement
Issue Brief

Availability of Federal Survey Data to Measure the ACA's Impact on Health Insurance Coverage in 2014
Timeline

Availability of CPS Data in 2014 and 2015
Timeline

Archive of SHADAC's Annual ACS/CPS Data Release Webinars

Event Description

This is SHADAC's annual webinar to discuss the state health insurance coverage estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS) and Current Population Survey (CPS). The estimates discussed during this event apply to calendar year 2013.  

SHADAC researchers Kathleen Call, PhD, and Joanna Turner, MS, lead the webinar and address the following topics: (1) results from both the ACS and CPS; (2) methodological changes to the CPS designed to improve the measure of coverage and to measure exchange participation; and (3) working with and accessing the estimates. 

Dr. Jennifer Cheeseman Day and Dr. Brett O'Hara, experts from the U.S. Census Bureau, join Kathleen and Joanna to discuss these topics and respond to questions.

This document provides an outline of the 2014 insurance coverage estimates that will be released from the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS).

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This document provides an outline of the 2014 insurance coverage estimates that will be released from the American Community Survey (ACS), the Current Population Survey (CPS), and the National Heatlh Interview Survey (NHIS).

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This brief summarizes the paper "Preparing to Measure Health Coverage in Federal Surveys Post-Reform: Lessons from Massachusetts," by Pascale, J., Rodean, J., Leeman, J., Cosenza, C., & Schoua-Glusberg, A. 2013 Inquiry 50(2): 106-123.

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