2022中期选举系列之二：基本医疗保险

美国民主党和共和党的比较之二：基本医疗保险

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自从2021年1月拜登内阁和民主党掌控的国会通过了一些措施，以改善在COVID-19公共卫生紧急状态期间获得公共和私人医疗保险的机会，包括继续为接受医疗补助的人提供保险，并出台政策，帮助人们获得和负担医疗费用。这些和其他联邦和州的政策促使36个州的公共覆盖率增加，导致2021年28个州的无保险率降低。

根据人口普查局2021年美国社区调查（ACS）的1年估计， 2021年，8.6%的美国人口没有健康保险覆盖。它比2019年的9.2%有所改善。根据2020年的选举结果，如果一个州投票给拜登，则为蓝色，如果投票给特朗普则为红色。

 

• 2021年，无保险率从深蓝色的马萨诸塞州的2.5%到深红色的德克萨斯州的18.0%不等。
• 只有一个州--北达科他州（红州）--2021年的无保险率高于2019年。
• 在无医疗保险率最低的前10个州中，有9个蓝州，只有1个红州（爱荷华州）。
• 在无医疗保险率最低的第11-20个州中，有8个蓝色州，只有2个红色州（肯塔基州和西弗吉尼亚州）。然而，应该注意的是，自2019年以来，肯塔基州的州长一直是民主党人安迪-贝希尔；而西弗吉尼亚州的州长在转为共和党人之前是一名民主党人。
• 在无医疗保险率最高的第31-40个州中，有9个州是红州，只有1个蓝州（新墨西哥州）。
• 在无医疗保险率最高的第41-51个州中，9个州完全由共和党控制。

读者问：无证移民是否有资格享受医疗补助、CHIP、Medicare、ACA？
回答：没有。
https://www.kff.org/faqs/faqs-health-insurance-marketplace-and-the-aca/can-immigrants-enroll-in-medicaid-or-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip-coverage/

https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/population-without-health-insurance-coverage-2019-and-2021.html

建立全民医疗保健是现代文明社会的基本特征之一。大多数经合组织(OECD)国家已经实现了一套核心服务的普遍或几乎普遍的健康覆盖，这些服务通常包括与医生和专家的咨询、检查和外科手术。在31个OECD国家中，有22个国家的人口覆盖率达到了100%。

During the past two years, the Biden Administration and Congress passed measures to improve access to public and private health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency including continuing coverage for people receiving Medicaid and introducing policies to help people access and afford the cost of care.

 

These and other federal and state policies contributed to an increase in public coverage in 36 states, leading to lower uninsured rates in 28 states in 2021. Only one state – North Dakota – had a higher uninsured rate in 2021 than in 2019, according to the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates.

In 2021, 8.6% of the U.S. population had no health insurance coverage. It improved from 9.2% in 2019.

Based on the 2020 Election results, a state is BLUE if it voted for Biden, RED if it voted for Trump.

• In 2021, the uninsured rate ranged from 2.5% in deep blue Massachusetts to 18.0% in deep red Texas.
• Among the top 10 states with the lowest uninsured rate, 9 blue states and only 1 red state (Iowa).
• Among the 11^th – 20^th states with the lowest uninsured rate, 8 blue states and only 2 red state (Kentucky and West Virginia). However, it should be noted that the governor of Kentucky since 2019 has been Andy Beshear, a Democrat; and the governor in West Virginia was a Democrat before he switched to Republican.
• Among the 31^st – 40^th states with the highest uninsured rate, 9 states red states and only 1 blue state (New Mexico).  
• Among the 41^st – 51^th states with the highest uninsured rate, 9 states were fully controlled by the Republican parties.