Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many counties across Michigan – even those with the highest number of insured residents – have seen a drop in uninsured residents.
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, many counties across Michigan – even those with the highest number of insured residents – have seen a drop in uninsured residents.
Since the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), many counties across Michigan – even those with the highest number of insured residents – have seen a drop in uninsured residents.
The greatest gap in coverage is for adults younger than 65 who don’t yet qualify for Medicare, according to reporting by MLive.com. In Michigan, 99% of those 65 or older and 96% for those 18 or younger have some kind of insurance coverage, often through programs such as Medicare, Medicaid or MiChild.
In Marquette County, the percentage of uninsured residents has dropped from 11.9% in 2009-2013 to 5.3% in 2014-2018.
Menominee County had similar results, with the uninsured dropping from 12% to 4.7%.
Ontonagon County lags behind the others with 8.8% still uninsured, but that number still falls well-short of the previous 13.7%.
Schoolcraft County previously had 12.1% of residents uninsured, which has since dropped to 6.7%.
While Mackinac County still reports 10.6% of residents as uninsured, it has seen a drop from 17.2%.
Chippewa County is another that has almost cut its numbers in half, going from 14.1% to 7.4%.
Not far behind is Alger County, which went from 13.2% to 7.2%.
Delta County saw the uninsured drop from 12% to 6.1%.
Keweenaw County had one of the smallest changes of only one percentage point, but already had relatively low numbers of uninsured at 9.4%, and now reports 8.4% of residents without insurance.
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