KHI

TOPEKA – In 2016, there were 239,578 uninsured Kansans. Of them, 35,577 were already eligible for Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), but were not enrolled. Another 117,563 could have qualified for subsidies to purchase health insurance on the marketplace created by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If the state had expanded its Medicaid program, 74,341 uninsured Kansans would have been newly eligible for coverage.

This is just some of the information shown in KHI’s latest infographic, Health Insurance in Kansas 2016, (click here) which breaks down the population of Kansas into those with different types of private and public insurance, and those without insurance. The infographic further divides the uninsured population into income categories and describes how many were potentially eligible for various coverage options in 2016.

The infographic uses the latest-available data, which come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Stay tuned for additional analysis of these data in early 2018.

The Kansas Health Institute delivers credible information and research enabling policy leaders to make informed health policy decisions that enhance their effectiveness as champions for a healthier Kansas. The Kansas Health Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan health policy and research organization based in Topeka, established in 1995 with a multiyear grant from the Kansas Health Foundation.