Where Are the Millions of People Who Would Lose Health Care Coverage without the ACA?
President-elect Trump has consistently vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and promises to take action on day one of his presidency. With Republicans holding a majority in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, action against the health law seems imminent in 2017.
Today over 20 million people have health insurance because of the ACA, including more than 6 million young adults now permitted to stay on their parents’ plans until age 26.
While a number of states established their own exchanges, thirty-seven states opted to use the federal health marketplace rather than administer their own exchanges. As of early 2016, there are over 8 million people across the United States enrolled through Healthcare.gov. These 8 million people would be most immediately affected by a repeal.
Map of Participants in Federal Health Marketplace by Zip Code
Note: This figure shows thirty-seven states without state-based marketplaces. It excludes zip codes with fifty or fewer individual enrollees.
Mark Zuckerman is President of The Century Foundation, served as President Obama's Deputy Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council from 2011 to 2013, and is a former Democratic Staff Director of the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee.
Simon Glenn-Gregg is the Interactive Lead at The Century Foundation. He manages TCF's digital platform and focuses on making its data engaging. He also writes about issues of affordable housing, health care reform and concentrations of poverty.
Where Are the Millions of People Who Would Lose Health Care Coverage without the ACA?
President-elect Trump has consistently vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and promises to take action on day one of his presidency. With Republicans holding a majority in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, action against the health law seems imminent in 2017.
Today over 20 million people have health insurance because of the ACA, including more than 6 million young adults now permitted to stay on their parents’ plans until age 26.
While a number of states established their own exchanges, thirty-seven states opted to use the federal health marketplace rather than administer their own exchanges. As of early 2016, there are over 8 million people across the United States enrolled through Healthcare.gov. These 8 million people would be most immediately affected by a repeal.
Map of Participants in Federal Health Marketplace by Zip Code
Note: This figure shows thirty-seven states without state-based marketplaces. It excludes zip codes with fifty or fewer individual enrollees.
Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Cover photo: LaDawna Howard, King vs Burwell – Rally in support of Obamacare – US Supreme Court, June 25, 2015.
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