Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018

This case study uses Colorado APCD data to examine insurance gaps at the age-19 Medicaid and age-26 commercial coverage cutoffs, finding that roughly 9% of young adults lose coverage around each birthday — with those transitioning off commercial plans faring worse than Medicaid recipients — and calling for targeted policy attention to these predictable transition points.

Case Study Link: Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018