Analysis of Transition Events in Health Insurance Coverage

This report analyzes factors that contribute to people losing or gaining health care coverage, prioritizes future research areas, and offers findings to inform future health care reform policy. Over time, the number of people lacking health insurance coverage in the U.S. is determined by dynamic processes. Comparatively few of the uninsured remain in that state indefinitely, but those who gain coverage are offset by insured persons who lose coverage. Achieving a long-term reduction in the number uninsured will require reducing the rate at which people lose coverage and increasing the rate at which they (re)gain coverage.