Composition of the Newly Insured

According to a recently released study from RAND Corporation:

• 22.8 million Americans became newly insured between September 2013 and February 2015
• 5.9 million lost coverage, for a net of 16.9 million newly insured Americans
• 42% of new enrollees used an employer-sponsored health plan
• 6.5 million enrolled in Medicaid
• Individual marketplaces claimed 4.1 million of the newly insured
• 5% (1.2 million) enrolled in nonmarketplace individual plans
• 1.5 million used other insurance sources

Source: RAND Corporation, May 6, 2015