Eliminating access to no-cost preventive health services could affect more than 12 million adults ages 50 to 64
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Spotlight (Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization))
- Author(s):
- Carter, Beth, author
- Contributor(s):
- Public Policy Institute (AARP (Organization)), issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : AARP Public Policy Institute, November 2023
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Services Accessibility Health Services for the Aged -- economics Insurance Coverage -- economics Middle Aged Preventive Health Services -- economics United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Evidence-based preventive health services help improve patient health outcomes by detecting diseases at early stages when treatments are the most effective. Because the risks of many chronic diseases, such as heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, increase with age, preventive care is especially important for older adults. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most private health insurers to cover recommended preventive services without cost-sharing and is credited with greatly improving access to such services. However, a Texas federal court recently ruled that this ACA provision was unconstitutional, putting access to no-cost critical preventive health services in jeopardy for millions of Americans. That decision is now pending appeal. To better understand how this legal challenge could affect older adults, AARP estimated the number of people ages 50 to 64 who accessed one of eight common preventive services that would be affected by the court ruling. Our analysis found that, in 2022, more than 12 million adults ages 50 to 64 accessed at least one of the eight services that we studied, indicating that many older adults value these important services.
- 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 (7 pages)).
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918734068006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918734068006676