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Qualified Health Plan Selections by Income and County

2015 Marketplace Open Enrollment Period Statistics

By Health [source]

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About this dataset

This informative dataset produced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services provides a comprehensive look at Qualified Health Plan selections within the 37 states that make use of the HealthCare.gov platform (Federally-facilitated Marketplace, State Partnership Marketplaces and supported State-based Marketplaces) across all open enrollment processes from November 15th onwards. This data reports on the number of uniquely eligible individuals who have enrolled in a Qualified Health Plan as of February 15th, with an additional reporting period for special enrollment activity extending to February 22nd. Eligible enrollees are reported on by county and their household income is expressed as a percent against Federal Poverty Level guidelines. The columns included in this dataset include unique identifiers for county and state, income percentile ranges consistently through 400%+ of FPL, followed by number of unknowns applicants per divisional range and finally the overall total plan selections figure to round it off. Dive deep into these revealing figures uncovering which counties within each state experienced heavy or moderate enrolment traffic during this rounds open enrollment period!

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How to use the dataset

This dataset provides information on the number of individuals who have selected a Qualified Health Plan for states that use the HealthCare.gov platform, by county and household income as a percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). You can use this dataset to analyze and compare health plan selections across counties within different states or across states as well.

First, you will need to select which columns from this dataset you would like to view. The columns include County FIPS Code, State Name, County Name, 150% to 200% of FPL, 200-250% of FPL , 250-300% of FPL , 300-400% of FPL , 400+ %ofFPLand Unknown. You can then use this data to explore how many individuals in each county have selected a Qualified Health Plan based on their respective incomes.

You can also use this data set to compare counts between different countries or States. For example, you may want to find out if there are more individuals selecting Qualified Health Plans in California compared to Texas or what counties have higher selection rates than others within the same state offered through Healthcare Marketplace plans.

Finally, since this data set includes count totals for all plan selections regardless of income level and unknown income status - it is also possible to get an estimate for total number enrolled in over an given area regardless race/ethnicity etc.

Research Ideas

• Using the income data, state and county, companies could identify areas of the country that have a high demand for health plans and tailor their services to those communities.
• The data can be used to visualize how different income levels are using healthcare resources, determining which states or counties may be in need of additional resources.
• The dataset can also be used to analyze trends in enrollment by identifying counties or states with higher-than-average numbers of Marketplace plan selections at various income levels, thereby providing insights into where targeted outreach may prove beneficial to increasing enrollment numbers

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
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License

License: Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0

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Columns

File: 2015_Qualifying_Health_Plan_Selections_by_Household_Income_as_a_Percent_of_the_Federal_Poverty_Level_and_County__as_of_February_22__2015.csv

Acknowledgements

If you use this dataset in your research, please credit the original authors.
If you use this dataset in your research, please credit Health.