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ArticleThe Milbank quarterly2025

No Data, No Problem: Quantifying Latine Individuals Eligible for but Not Enrolled in Medicaid or Affordable Care Act Marketplace-Based Insurance in North Carolina.

Gabriela Plasencia, Kamaria Kaalund, Olurotimi Kukoyi, Viviana Martinez-Bianchi, Andrea Thoumi

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Article in The Milbank quarterly, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Gabriela PlasenciaRAND Corporation.ORCID 0000-0001-8595-0029
Kamaria KaalundBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.ORCID 0000-0002-3114-0220
Olurotimi KukoyiGillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Viviana Martinez-BianchiSchool of Medicine, Duke University.
Andrea ThoumiSchool of Medicine, Duke University.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Policy Points Latine communities in the United States experience disproportionately high uninsurance rates because of systemic barriers, including limited language equity, lack of provider (clinical or nonclinical) concordance, discrimination, misinformation, and immigration-related fears. Data on individuals eligible for but not enrolled in insurance programs are lacking, which prevents the identification of barriers, population impacted, and tailored approaches to meet specific needs of vulnerable communities. We propose community-informed policy strategies, including culturally tailored outreach, involvement of trusted community health workers, and improved health equity data collection. Framing data in terms of eligible but not enrolled individuals shifts the focus to existing coverage gaps and the potential for improvement, encouraging states to take more proactive enrollment actions.

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Eligibility DeterminationHealth Insurance ExchangesInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthMedicaidMedically UninsuredPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActHumansNorth CarolinaUnited Stateshealth insurance enrollmentLatino/HispanicMedicaid expansion

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PMID40583563
PMCPMC12438446

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