This case study examines health insurance coverage gaps among Colorado young adults at two age-based cutoffs — losing Medicaid at 19 and aging off parental coverage at 26 — finding that coverage gaps spike around both birthdays, affecting roughly 9% of enrollees within six months of each threshold, and concluding that these transition points need greater policy attention.
Case Study Link: Insurance gaps at age-19 and age-26 health insurance eligibility thresholds by childhood-onset condition severity, Colorado 2014-2018