Monitoring the impact of health reform on Americans ages 50--64: access to health care improved during early ACA marketplace implementation
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Insight on the issues (AARP Public Policy Institute)
- Author(s):
- Skopec, Laura, author Waidmann, Timothy A., author Sung, Jane, author Dean, Olivia, author
- Contributor(s):
- AARP (Organization) Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Publication:
- Washington, DC. : AARP Public Policy Institute, January 2016
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Reform Health Insurance Exchanges -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- statistics & numerical data Health Services Accessibility -- trends Insurance Coverage -- statistics & numerical data Insurance Coverage -- trends Continental Ancestry Groups Ethnic Groups Forecasting Health Care Surveys Health Status Income Medicaid Medically Uninsured Middle Aged Poverty Private Sector Public Sector State Government Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- New data from the Urban Institute and the AARP Public Policy Institute show improvements in key measures of access to health care for 50- to 64-year-olds over the first two open enrollment periods of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Between December 2013 and March 2015, the share of 50- to 64-year-olds with a usual source of health care other than emergency rooms increased. Concurrently, the share who reported having a problem accessing health care decreased. These measures of health care access improved most in states that chose to expand their Medicaid programs under the ACA. However, despite these early improvements, certain vulnerable populations remain more likely to experience difficulties accessing care.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101691445 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101691445