Uninsured and underinsured

Current Projects

• Changes in Rural Health Insurance Coverage, 2019-2024
  This project uses secondary data sources to characterize changes in health insurance coverage during 2019-2024 for rural and urban people. The analysis will focus on changes associated with demographic, economic (particularly employment), and geographic characteristics, and will describe how exogenous changes (e.g., the economy, pandemic) as well as changes in federal policies impacted coverage.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Healthcare access, Healthcare financing, Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare, Private health insurance, Rural statistics and demographics, Social determinants of health, Uninsured and underinsured, Workforce
  
• Payer Mix of Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers
  This project will assess the payer mix of the more than 5,000 Rural Health Clinics and 1,400 Federally Qualified Health Center grantees throughout the country. The analysis will include assessing trends over time and across types and ownership for RHCs and across regions for FQHCs.
  Research center: RUPRI Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis
  Topics: Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Medicaid and CHIP, Medicare, Private health insurance, Rural Health Clinics (RHCs), Uninsured and underinsured
  
• Rural-Urban Differences in Medicare Supplemental Insurance Coverage
  This study analyzes rural-urban differences in Medicare supplemental coverage using 2015-2024 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data. It examines current patterns and trends in Medicare Advantage and Fee-for-Service supplemental enrollment, exploring demographic and health factors influencing coverage differences.
  Research center: Northeast Rural Health Research Center
  Topics: Aging, Health services, Healthcare access, Healthcare financing, Medicare, Medicare Advantage (MA), Rural statistics and demographics, Social determinants of health, Uninsured and underinsured