Health Insurance Education Project CSU Health Insurance Education Project: Project Poll & Analysis Walter Zelman Project Director, CSU HIEP Chair, Department of Public Health, CSULA June 12, 2014
Our grant $ $1.25 million Our Mission Our Func3on Campus selec3on Jul 2013 - Dec 2014 Educate CSU students, families & staff Outreach & educa@on, not enrollment 23 CSU campuses; staffed at 15 campuses
CSU Demographics: 455,365 Students 60 56.3 of CSU student popula3on (n = 445,365) 50 30 20 0 43.7 33.4 16.9 Male Female La@no Asian/Pacific Islander 4.6 African American 29.0 White *Note: Data from CSU Sta@s@cal Reports for 2013-2014 (hgp://www.calstate.edu/as/stat_reports/2013-2014/).
Polling of CSU students First poll: To help us develop strategy 836 surveys 3 campuses (Fresno, Los Angeles, San Jose) in September 2013 Second poll: To assess how we did on outreach/ educa3on 1,971 surveys 7 campuses (Fresno, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento, San Jose) in April/May 2014
In September 2013, nearly one-third of CSU students were uninsured* Uninsured Students by Campus 25-30% San Jose 21 65-70% Los Angeles 35 Fresno 33 Insured Uninsured 0 20 30 50 *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conduced in Fall 2013. Three CSU campuses were surveyed (n=836).
Rate of uninsured among CSU students consistent with statewide average Likelihood of being uninsured, by age (2013 CA Healthcare Founda9on) 18 to 20 21.2 21 to 24 30.3 CSU es3mated rate 25 0 5 15 20 25 30 35 *Note: Data shown are from the California Healthcare Founda@on Almanac California s Uninsured: By the Numbers, December 2013 (hgp://www.chcf.org/~/media/media%20library%20files/pdf/c/pdf%20caiforniauninsured2013.pdf). CSU es@mated rate is based off adjustment of results from first poll.
2013: Why were students uninsured? 90 80 70 60 50 30 20 0 79% Cannot afford it Would like to buy it but rejected Affordability, not invincibility 4% 2% Do not want it 7% 8% Do not think I need it Other *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conduced in Fall 2013. Three CSU campuses were surveyed (n=836).
2014: Why did students get covered through Covered CA? Main reason that students signed up for Covered CA Insurance was made affordable 45 Pre- exis@ng condi@on 8 Did not want to pay fine 27 Like availability of choices 12 None of the above 9 0 20 30 50 *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conducted in Spring 2014. Seven CSU campuses were surveyed (n=1971).
2014: Uninsured by campus of Student Popula3on 35 30 25 20 15 5 25 7 15 19 7 8 8 0 CSU estimate, 2013 Fresno Fullerton Long Beach Los Angeles Northridge Sacramento San Jose Overall *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conducted in Spring 2014. Seven CSU campuses were surveyed (n=1971).
Demographics of uninsured 45 35 30 25 20 15 5 0 19 9 Uninsured by Key Demographics 23 42 12 13 21 Fall 2013 Spring 2014 32 8 9 Asian/Pacific Islander Black La3no White Women *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conducted in Spring 2014. Seven CSU campuses were surveyed (n=1971).
Uninsured: before & after Uninsured Students by Campus 35 33 35 Fall 2013 Spring 2014 30 25 20 15 19 21 5 7 8 0 Fresno Los Angeles San Jose *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conducted in Spring 2014. Seven CSU campuses were surveyed (n=1971).
2014: How many people signed up? 45 35 30 Approx. 33% newly enrolled in Covered CA/Medi- Cal 33 25 20 15 5 14 12 8 11 5 0 Covered CA Medi- Cal (new) Signed up & wai@ng Been in Medi- Cal Insured, other Uninsured Don't know Family member enrolled *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conducted in Spring 2014. Seven CSU campuses were surveyed (n=1971).
2014: Students talked to others about getting health insurance 50 45 35 30 25 20 15 5 0 Who students talked to about health insurance 17 Friends who are not students 48 15 17 Family Other students Other individuals 33 Didn't talk to anyone about it *Note: Data from CSU Health Insurance Educa@on Poll conducted in Spring 2014. Seven CSU campuses were surveyed (n=1971).
State university systems as the low hanging fruit Middle to lower income popula@ons Large numbers of uninsured students and families Unique access to students Trusted educators Students are reachable and educable Almost all states have a state university system.
Additional information: For press release and data graphs, please visit www.calstatela.edu (under Recent News ) For any ques@ons or follow- up, please contact Elena Stern (estern@calstatela.edu) or CSULA Office of Communica@ons and Public Affairs at (323) 343-3050