Health Insurance Reaches

Record High August 31, 2015

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Colorado Did What

It Set Out To Do

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The Drop in Uninsured is a Story of

Medicaid Expansion

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The Private Market

is Re-balancing

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Kids are a Bright Spot

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Coverage Shifts Mirror Known

Disparities

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Uninsurance is Down

But Underinsurance

is Up

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Underinsurance

Cost: Still the Number One Reason

for Lack of Insurance

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Health Care Still Costs

Too Much for Too Many

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Colorado is Accommodating the

Newly Insured – Better Than We Anticipated

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Coloradans Are Happier About

Health

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Bonus Round Stigma and Cost are Barriers to Mental Health

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The SparkNotes on CHAS

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The ACA in Colorado: CHI’s Analysis• Small Employers

• Employer-Sponsored Coverage

• High Income but Uninsured

• Underinsurance

• Health Care Affordability

• Emergency Department Use

• Crowd out

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The ACA in Colorado: CHI’s Analysis• The Individual Market

• Connect for Health Colorado

• Preventive Care

• Young Invincibles

• Hispanic Coverage

• Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Routt Counties

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The ACA in Colorado: CHI’s Analysis• Colorado’s Uninsured Rate

• Expanded Medicaid Eligibility

• Large Employers

• Churn

• Jefferson County

• Colorado’s Kids36

CHAS Data Can Help You…• Adapt to the changing

health care landscape

• Identify opportunities for improving health

• Measure effectiveness of reform in your community

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• Regional workbooks

• Topic workbooks

• Survey Snapshots

• In-depth reports

• Data requests

• Customized presentations

CHAS: How It Was Fielded

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Who: 10,136 randomly selected households

What: Twenty-minute telephone survey

When: Between March 2 and June 26, 2015

Where: Statewide, divided among 21 Health Statistics Regions

Why: To gather information that can inform policy-making and help measure health reform efforts

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Email data requests to CHAS@coloradohealthinstitute.org

OnlineColoradohealth

institute.org