The analysis, featured in an Aug. 11 article as well as in Health Equity, claims that while some states were able to reduce racial health disparities tied to a lack of affordable insurance access, others were less successful.
States having leeway on implementation led to up to 20 percent of Black populations and twice as many Latino residents lacking insurance in some states despite the ACA making significant strides in other states.
Research was capped at 2016, with 18 states that had not expanded Medicaid. Analysts claim that in many of those states, the drop in uninsured rates was under 20 percent for Black and Latino populations, while expanded states saw drops upward of 60 percent.
Across all states, those that leveraged individual marketplaces or hired navigators to encourage sign-ups also had an effect on insurance enrollment.
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