# Redesign of health insurance coverage

**URL:** <https://forum.ipums.org/t/redesign-of-health-insurance-coverage/2818>\
**Category:** USA\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/redesign-of-health-insurance-coverage/2818 "2019-02-18T17:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![elizar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c68b51/32.png) [@elizar](https://forum.ipums.org/u/elizar)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/redesign-of-health-insurance-coverage/2818/1 "2019-02-18T17:43:00Z")

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You wrote to me that the health insurance coverage survey questions for the CPS were redesigned in 2014. Is this true of the ACS as well? I noted a distinct increase in the coverage in NYC for the construction industry when I ran hcovany x year. Is this the result of a change in the questions so that this upward shift is not meaningful?

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**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/redesign-of-health-insurance-coverage/2818/2 "2019-02-18T18:28:00Z")

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The questions identifying health insurance coverage are distinctly different between the ACS and CPS. As the [comparability section of the HCOVANY variable](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/HCOVANY#comparability_section)indicates, this variable should be comparable across the years 2008 - onward.