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DEMOGRAPHY
The Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (ACA) was Percent of Population in Arizona per Race / Ethnic Group2
enacted on March 23, 2010.
Successful implementation
requires cooperation between key 7.6
stakeholders, federal and state
agencies, and reform advocacy
organizations. Because the fifty
White (Non Hispanic)
states vary greatly, each state’s 30.1 Black
implementation process will be
unique. 58.4 Hispanic
Other*
In 2009, Arizona’s population was
estimated to be 6,595,778.1 4.2
Arizona is also very diverse, which
makes this state unique in many
ways, including health care needs
and presents a special challenge to
* Others include American Indian & Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian and other
those trying to implement health Pacific Islanders.
reform in the state.
ARIZONA AND THE UNINSURED: HOW WILL THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT HELP?
While 74.8% of all Arizonans have health insurance, over 1.4 million individuals remain uninsured,3
including 15.3% of Arizona’s children4 and 23.2% of the state’s working population.5
ACA is designed to address these concerns by providing affordable access to health insurance coverage
to those individuals who would otherwise be unable to obtain coverage, and to extend current benefits
and services provided by Medicaid (a federal and state funded public insurance program that provides
health insurance coverage for low‐income and disabled individuals and families).
NEW BENEFITS OF ACA: ITS EFFECT IN ARIZONA
ACA establishes new requirements for private health insurers in order to make health
care plans more accessible to the public. These requirements include the following:
Insurance Effective Immediately: Plans must cover certain preventive health services, such as
Coverage vaccines and screenings, without a co‐pay.
Effective September 2010:
o Insurers will not be allowed to drop any insured person because he/she gets
1
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU. STATE AND COUNTY QUICKFACTS (2010), available at http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/04000.html (last accessed
June 2010). These figures are from 2009.
2
Ibid. These figures are from 2008.
3
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic
Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=125&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
4
THE KAISER FAMILY FOUNDATION, statehealthfacts.org. Data Source: Urban Institute and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
estimates based on the Census Bureau's March 2008 and 2009 Current Population Survey (CPS: Annual Social and Economic
Supplements), available at http://www.statehealthfacts.org:/comparetable.jsp?ind=127&cat=3 (last accessed June 2010).
5
COVER THE UNINSURED, ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION, U.S. UNINSURED WORKERS, available at
http://covertheuninsured.org/uninsured_workers#map (last accessed June 2010). These figures are from 2006‐2007.
6
Small businesses include employers with fewer than 50 employees.
7
U.S. DEP’T OF HEALTH & HUMAN SVCS. MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY (2008), available at
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/summ_tables/insr/state/series_2/2008/tiia1.pdf. These figures are from 2008.
8
The federal poverty level for the 48 contiguous states is $10,830 for a single individual. ASSISTANT SEC'Y FOR PLANNING AND EVALUATION, U.S.
DEP’T OF HEALTH & HUMAN SVCS. THE 2009 HHS POVERTY GUIDELINES (2010), available at http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/09poverty.shtml (last
accessed June 2010).
9
A.Z. DEPT. OF INS., FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: HEALTH CARE REFORM, (June 16, 2010), available at
http://www.id.state.az.us/publications/Health_Care_Reform_FAQ_CU_final_6.16.10.pdf (last accessed June 2010).
10
JOHN HOLAHAN & IRENE HEADEN, KAISER COMMISSION ON MEDICAID AND THE UNINSURED, MEDICAID COVERAGE AND SPENDING IN HEALTH REFORM: NATIONAL
AND STATE‐BY‐STATE RESULTS FOR ADULTS AT OR BELOW 133% FPL 41 (2010), available at http://www.kff.org/healthreform/upload/Medicaid‐
Coverage‐and‐Spending‐in‐Health‐Reform‐National‐and‐State‐By‐State‐Results‐for‐Adults‐at‐or‐Below‐133‐FPL.pdf (last accessed June
2010).