The Affordable Care Act and the U.S. economy: a five-year perspective
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Schoen, Cathy, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, February 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Costs -- statistics & numerical data Health Care Costs -- trends Health Care Reform -- economics Health Care Reform -- statistics & numerical data Health Care Reform -- trends Employment -- statistics & numerical data Employment -- trends Forecasting Health Care Sector Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data Health Expenditures -- trends Insurance, Health, Reimbursement Medically Uninsured -- statistics & numerical data Medicare -- economics Medicare -- statistics & numerical data Medicare -- trends Patient Admission -- statistics & numerical data Patient Readmission Primary Health Care Private Sector Reimbursement, Incentive Unemployment -- statistics & numerical data Unemployment -- trends Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Despite fears that the Affordable Care Act's health coverage expansions and market reforms would cost jobs or accelerate health care inflation, the U.S. economy has grown steadily, if slowly, since the law's passage in 2010. The level of overall economic output and employment is currently well above the peaks prior to the 2008-09 recession. Jobs have increased by more than 13 million since 2010--5 million more than at the pre-recession peak. All of the net gain has been in full-time, private-sector jobs. Furthermore, the marked slowdown in health care cost growth that started during the recession has continued, although recent indicators show this trend may be waning. In reviewing evidence over the past five years, this report concludes that the ACA has had no net negative economic impact and, in fact, has likely helped to stimulate growth by contributing to the slower rise in health care costs.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (23 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101677520 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101677520