Dataset: The Health of Houston Survey 2018

Variable ahi_7: Reason didn't get coverage through marketplace, adult [S]

Literal Question

AHI_7. What is the MAIN reason why you have not have obtained a private health insurance plan or Medicaid coverage when you visited the marketplace?

Descriptive Text

This question is new to HHS in 2018. The reason an individual didn't get coverage through the marketplace and was loosely based of reasons for uninsurance used in 2010 and 2018. The universe for this question is all adults 18 and older who had 'looked into purchasing healthcare through healthcare.gov' (yes to AHI_6).

Values Categories N NW
1 Enrolling difficult/confusing 21 12,327.2
 6.9%
2 Not eligible Medicaid/financial assistance 35 25,345.1
 14.2%
3 Could not find needed coverage 12 9,363.7
 5.2%
4 Could not find affordable plan 154 108,757.6
 61.0%
5 Got Ins through other source 7 3,319.2
 1.9%
6 Decided didn't need insurance 7 4,037.5
 2.3%
7 Other 24 15,247.9
 8.5%
-9 Don't know/Refuse 4 2,010.8
-8 Not in universe 6946 4,415,632.3

Summary Statistics

Valid cases 260 178398.165
Missing cases 6950 4417643.154
Standard deviation 1.499 1.439
This variable is numeric

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