Coverage For Self-Employed And Others Without Employer Offers Increased After 2014.

Author information

1: Sandra L. Decker ( Sandra.decker@ahrq.hhs.gov ) is a senior fellow in the Division of Research and Modeling, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), in Rockville, Maryland.
2: Asako S. Moriya is an economist in the Division of Research and Modeling, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, at AHRQ.
3: Aparna Soni is a PhD candidate in the Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, Indiana University, in Bloomington.

Abstract

Little is known about how the Affordable Care Act might have differentially affected insurance coverage for self-employed workers, wage earners with and without offers of employer-sponsored insurance, and people not employed. We found that the self-employed and wage earners without employer coverage offers had coverage gains equal to or greater than those of people not employed.