The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented in the U.S. in March of 2010. One of the goals of the ACA was to reduce the amount of time that U.S. residents experienced gaps in their health insurance coverage. As of 2018, just 31 percent of insured U.S. adults that had a coverage gap in the past year, had a gap of 1 year or more. This is a decrease from 2012 when about 57 percent of those that had a coverage gap had a gap of 1 year or more.
Percentage of U.S. adults that have had gaps in their insurance coverage from 2001 through 2018, by gap length*
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Commonwealth Fund. (February 6, 2019). Percentage of U.S. adults that have had gaps in their insurance coverage from 2001 through 2018, by gap length* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039967/health-insurance-coverage-gaps-us-by-gap-length/
Commonwealth Fund. "Percentage of U.S. adults that have had gaps in their insurance coverage from 2001 through 2018, by gap length*." Chart. February 6, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039967/health-insurance-coverage-gaps-us-by-gap-length/
Commonwealth Fund. (2019). Percentage of U.S. adults that have had gaps in their insurance coverage from 2001 through 2018, by gap length*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039967/health-insurance-coverage-gaps-us-by-gap-length/
Commonwealth Fund. "Percentage of U.S. Adults That Have Had Gaps in Their Insurance Coverage from 2001 through 2018, by Gap Length*." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039967/health-insurance-coverage-gaps-us-by-gap-length/
Commonwealth Fund, Percentage of U.S. adults that have had gaps in their insurance coverage from 2001 through 2018, by gap length* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039967/health-insurance-coverage-gaps-us-by-gap-length/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults that have had gaps in their insurance coverage from 2001 through 2018, by gap length* [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, February 6, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039967/health-insurance-coverage-gaps-us-by-gap-length/
