Minnesota’s
Adult
2014 UNINSURED RATE
135,000 more
Minnesotans have
health insurance coverage
September
2013
AGE 18-64
3,015,000 Insured
14
12
10
8
6
3,150,000 Insured
[AGE 18-64]
10.0%
7.7%
11.4%
12.2%
10.7%
9.0%
6.7%
Percent of
uninsured adults
DROPPED from
10.7% in 2013 to
in 2014
3
6.7%
4
4
2
0
2014
Minnesota Health Access Survey
HRMS-MN
T H I S R AT E O F
6.7%
Uninsurance is
MUCH LOWER
THAN AT THE
12.4%
NATIONAL LEVEL5
WHAT MINNESOTA
says about
coverage &
health care
costs
8
in
10
adults
feel insurance gives them...
protection against high medical bills
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WORK
NECESSARY
900,000
Minnesotans
age 18-64 report that at some
point in the past year they did
not get needed medical care
due to real or perceived cost
1
This estimate was constructed by MDH using responses about health insurance coverage in the past 12 months on the
Health Reform Monitoring Survey – Minnesota (HRMS-MN).
2
This is a net estimate, and includes uninsured people who gained coverage, and insured people who lost coverage
between 2013 and 2014.
3
Estimates are generated from two different surveys conducted using different modes. Rates for 2001-2013 are from the
Minnesota Health Access Survey (MNHA), a telephone survey. Rates from 2014 are from the HRMS-MN, a survey conducted
using an internet panel.
The results released in this infographic are consistent with the June 2014 study of the early impacts of the Affordable Care
Act in Minnesota which estimated a statewide uninsurance rate of 4.9 percent across all age groups, although the two studies
cannot be directly compared. The study underlying the findings in this infographic includes only non-elderly adults ages 18 to
64, and excludes children and those older than 65. For more information, including the comparability of estimates, please
see http://www.health.state.mn.us/healtheconomics
4
5
About the Health Reform
Monitoring Survey – MN
• Results are for Minnesota adults aged 18-64,
not all Minnesotans.
• Children (aged 0-17) or older adults aged 65
or older were not included.
• Respondents to this survey were chosen
from an internet panel designed to produce
Minnesota-specific rates.
• The HRMS-MN is a subset of a national
survey, conducted quarterly by the Urban
Institute and GfK.
• Estimates were constructed based on
respondents who said they gained or lost
coverage in the past year
• 499 Minnesotans participated in the survey
in September 2014; the survey has a margin
of error of 6.8 percent.
National rate is from the September 2014 Health Reform Monitoring Survey. Hrms.urban.org
More information is available online:
http://www.health.state.mn.us/healtheconomics
Protecting, maintaining and improving
the health of all Minnesotans