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Source: “State of the Region: Hampton Roads 2018

Who Pays for Health Care in Virginia?

written by Guest Contributor James Bacon October 11, 2018

Where do Virginians (and Hampton Roadsters) get their health insurance coverage? Like their compatriots in every state, Virginians rely upon an assortment of private- and public-sector programs. The table above, taken from “The State of the Region: 2018 Hampton Roads” report, shows that in 2016 a higher percentage of Virginians (59%) had employer-based coverage than Americans did nationally. Virginians also had a higher percentage (12%) of military Tricare coverage — with the percentage spiking to 27% in Hampton Roads.

Virginians relied slightly less in 2016 upon Medicare than other Americans, and much less upon Medicaid — a gap of nine percentage points. But the percentages will change as Medicaid expansion takes hold in Virginia, enrolling an estimated 400,000 near-poor.

Keep a close eye on the numbers. As the percentage of Medicaid recipients goes up, which categories will shrink? Ideally, the percentage of uninsured drops dramatically. We don’t want to see a drop in “employer based” insurance and “direct purchase” insurance (which I presume refers mainly to Obamacare), which would represent a shuffling of people from one insurance system to another, not an expansion of coverage. Let’s hope the ODU authors of the 2018 Hampton Roads report revisit the Medicaid issue next year.

James Bacon is the publisher of baconsrebellion.com 

Who Pays for Health Care in Virginia? was last modified: October 11th, 2018 by Guest Contributor James Bacon
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Guest Contributor James Bacon

A graduate of the University of Virginia, James A. Bacon has practiced journalism throughout Virginia – in Martinsville, Blacksburg, Roanoke, and Richmond. In 2002 he launched Bacon’s Rebellion as a non-partisan website and blog dedicated to public policy issues in Virginia. He lives in Henrico County.

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