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Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US

. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2110275. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10275. Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
³ Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

PMID: 34061204
PMCID: PMC8170543
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10275

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Access to Care, Cost of Care, and Satisfaction With Care Among Adults With Private and Public Health Insurance in the US

Charlie M Wray et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2021.

. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2110275. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10275. Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Division of Hospital Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.
³ Northern California Institute for Research and Education, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

PMID: 34061204
PMCID: PMC8170543
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10275

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Abstract

Importance: Contemporary data directly comparing experiences between individuals with public and private health insurance among the 5 major forms of coverage in the US are limited.

Objective: To compare individual experiences related to access to care, costs of care, and reported satisfaction with care among the 5 major forms of health insurance coverage in the US.

Design, setting, and participants: This survey study used data from the 2016-2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System on 149 290 individuals residing in 17 states and the District of Columbia, representing the experiences of more than 61 million US adults.

Exposure: Private (individually purchased and employer-sponsored coverage) or public health insurance (Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Health Administration [VHA] or military coverage).

Main outcomes and measures: A pairwise multivariable analysis was performed, controlling for underlying health status of US adults covered by private and public health insurance plans, and responses to survey questions on access to care, costs of care, and reported satisfaction with care were compared. Estimates are weighted.

Results: A total of 149 290 individuals responded to the survey (mean [SD] age, 50.7 [0.2] years; 52.8% female). Among the respondents, most were covered by private insurance (95 396 [63.9%]), followed by Medicare (35 531 [23.8%]), Medicaid (13 286 [8.9%]), and VHA or military (5074 [3.4%]) coverage. Among those with private insurance, most (117 939 [79.0%]) had employer-sponsored coverage. Compared with those covered by Medicare, individuals with employer-sponsored insurance were less likely to report having a personal physician (odds ratio [OR], 0.52; 95% CI, 0.48-0.57) and were more likely to report instability in insurance coverage (OR, 1.54; 95% CI, 1.30-1.83), difficulty seeing a physician because of costs (OR, 2.00; 95% CI, 1.77-2.27), not taking medication because of costs (OR, 1.44; 95% CI, 1.27-1.62), and having medical debt (OR, 2.92; 95% CI, 2.69-3.17). Compared with those covered by Medicare, individuals with employer-sponsored insurance were less satisfied with their care (OR, 0.60; 95% CI, 0.56-0.64). Compared with individuals covered by Medicaid, those with employer-sponsored insurance were more likely to report having medical debt (OR, 2.06; 95% CI, 1.83-2.32) and were less likely to report difficulty seeing a physician because of costs (OR, 0.83; 95% CI, 0.73-0.95) and not taking medications because of costs (OR, 0.78; 95% CI, 0.66-0.92). No difference in satisfaction with care (OR, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.87-1.06) was found between individuals with employer-sponsored private health insurance and those with Medicaid coverage.

Conclusions and relevance: In this survey study, individuals with private insurance were more likely to report poor access to care, higher costs of care, and less satisfaction with care compared with individuals covered by publicly sponsored insurance programs. These findings suggest that public health insurance options may provide more cost-effective care than private options.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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VHA indicates Veterans Health Administration.