Fewer nonelderly adults lost their health insurance in 2015 than in 2013, while more gained coverage, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The presence of chronic conditions played a part for those who lost coverage. From 2012 to 2013, 2.9% of adults aged 18-64 years with one or more chronic conditions lost their insurance, compared with 1.5% who lost coverage from 2014 to 2015. Those with no chronic conditions saw a corresponding drop from 4% to 3.2%, but that change was not significant, AHRQ investigators reported.
For this analysis, the chronic conditions were active asthma, arthritis, diabetes, emphysema, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, bronchitis, and stroke. The source of the data was the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.