This statistic depicts select changes or issues with U.S. women's health insurance coverage within the preceding 12 months, as of 2017, by insurance type. According to the survey, among those with Medicaid, 26 percent of respondents had issues with their plan not covering care that they thought would be covered.
Percentage of U.S. women that experienced select changes in their health insurance coverage in 2017, by insurance type*
Characteristic
Employer-sponsored insurance
Individual insurance
Medicaid
Would not pay anything for care she or family member received that she thought was covered
21%
20%
26%
Paid less than expected for a bill from hospital, lab, or doctor
38%
40%
20%
Did not cover a particular doctor she wanted to see
21%
26%
29%
Would not cover a prescription drug or required very expensive co-pay for a drug a doctor prescribed
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (March 31, 2018). Percentage of U.S. women that experienced select changes in their health insurance coverage in 2017, by insurance type* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/873620/health-insurance-coverage-changes-us-women/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. women that experienced select changes in their health insurance coverage in 2017, by insurance type*." Chart. March 31, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873620/health-insurance-coverage-changes-us-women/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2018). Percentage of U.S. women that experienced select changes in their health insurance coverage in 2017, by insurance type*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/873620/health-insurance-coverage-changes-us-women/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Women That Experienced Select Changes in Their Health Insurance Coverage in 2017, by Insurance Type*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873620/health-insurance-coverage-changes-us-women/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. women that experienced select changes in their health insurance coverage in 2017, by insurance type* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/873620/health-insurance-coverage-changes-us-women/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. women that experienced select changes in their health insurance coverage in 2017, by insurance type* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, March 31, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/873620/health-insurance-coverage-changes-us-women/
