Policy Changes and Improvements in Health Insurance Coverage Among MSM: 20 U.S. Cities, 2008–2014

Recent policy changes have improved the ability of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) to secure health insurance. We wanted to assess changes over time in self-reported health insurance status among MSM participating in CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) in 2008,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	AIDS and behavior 2017-03, Vol.21 (3), p.615-618
Hauptverfasser:	Cooley, Laura A., Hoots, Brooke, Wejnert, Cyprian, Lewis, Rashunda, Paz-Bailey, Gabriela
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Access Acquired immune deficiency syndrome Adolescent Adult AIDS Bisexuality Cities Data processing Demographics Health Health care policy Health insurance Health Policy Health problems Health Psychology Health services utilization Health Status Disparities Health Surveys HIV HIV Infections - diagnosis HIV Infections - economics HIV Infections - epidemiology HIV Infections - prevention & control Homosexuality Homosexuality, Male Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Income Infectious Diseases Insurance Insurance coverage Insurance Coverage - trends Insurance, Health Lentivirus Male Males Media coverage Medicine Medicine & Public Health Original Paper Public Health Retroviridae Risk-Taking Segments Sexually transmitted diseases STD Surveillance
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Zusammenfassung:	Recent policy changes have improved the ability of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) to secure health insurance. We wanted to assess changes over time in self-reported health insurance status among MSM participating in CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) in 2008, 2011, and 2014. We analyzed NHBS data from sexually active MSM interviewed at venues in 20 U.S. cities. To determine if interview year was associated with health insurance status, we used a Poisson model with robust standard errors. Among included MSM, the overall percentage of MSM with health insurance rose 16 % from 2008 (68 %) to 2014 (79 %) ( p value for trend
ISSN:	1090-7165 1573-3254
DOI:	10.1007/s10461-016-1567-7