Nearly half of nation's uninsured could get Medicaid or marketplace … – News & Observer

WASHINGTON – Nearly 12 million of roughly 27 million non-elderly people who lack health insurance – 43 percent – are eligible either for Medicaid or financial assistance for marketplace coverage, according to a new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation.About 14 percent of those without coverage – 3.8 million – are working-age adults eligible for Medicaid, the state/national health insurance program for low-income Americans. Another ten percent – 2.6 million – are children eligible for either Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program.About 19 percent – or 5.3 million of the nation’s uninsured – are working-age adults who qualify for premium tax credits to help pay for marketplace coverage.About ten percent of the nation’s uninsured – roughly 2.6 million people – fall into the so-called coverage gap, meaning they don’t earn enough to qualify for premium tax credits, but earn too much to qualify for Medicaid because they live in states that haven’t expanded …
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