Health Care Access Improved For Low-Income Non-Elderly Adults Between 2013 & 2015

Between 2013 and 2015, more low-income adults between ages 18 and 64 had health insurance, more reported having a regular source of primary care, and fewer reported delaying medical care due to cost.  The gains were highest for low-income adults in households in states that expanded eligibility for Medicaid by mid-2015 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA). In 2013, there was a 30 percentage point gap in the share of insured adults in low-income households ($25,000 or less annual income) compared to the share of insured adults in high-income . . .