1. Reasons for Loss of Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Medicaid
Main reason lost coverage, adults ages 19–64 uninsured during the year*
Employer stopped offering benefits** 9%
Could no longer afford it 3%
Did not reenroll when required
23%
Could no longer afford it 7%
No longer eligible
because of change in age or income
56%
Something else
17%
Refused 3%
Adults who lost employer-sponsored insurance^
Adults who lost Medicaid^
* Combines “Insured now, time uninsured in past year” and “Uninsured now.”
** Respondent or spouse’s employer.
^ Source of insurance coverage before time uninsured.
Source: The Commonwealth Fund Health Insurance Tracking Survey of U.S. Adults, 2011. 1