57% Of Exchange Enrollees Previously Were Uninsured

Prior to purchasing health insurance through state or federally run health insurance marketplaces, about 57% of enrollees were uninsured. About 45% had been uninsured for five or more years.

These are findings of the initial Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Non-Group Health Insurance Enrollees. The survey is the first in a series about the non-group market. It was conducted from early April to early May 2014 with a nationally random sample of 742 adults between 18 and 64 years old who purchase their own insurance. It reports the views and experience of all non-group enrollees, including those . . .