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      • The Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010 under former President Barack Obama, has expanded health insurance coverage across the U.S. and significantly reduced racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care, according to a new report by the Commonwealth Fund.
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  3. www.commonwealthfund.org › publications › issueDid the Affordable Care Act Reduce Racial and Ethnic ...

    Aug 21, 2019 · The ACA had an equalizing effect, reducing racial and ethnic disparities in coverage. Hispanic people had the highest initial uninsured rate and experienced the greatest gains (an overall decline of 15 percentage points in uninsured rates and a nine-point decline in the gap with whites).

  4. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › articles › PMC4940635Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic ...

    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made new health insurance options available to uninsured individuals in low- and middle-income households, a group in which Blacks and Hispanics are overrepresented.

  5. collections.nlm.nih.gov › catalog › nlm:nlmuidDid the Affordable Care Act reduce racial and ethnic ...

    The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has substantially lowered uninsured rates nationwide. Previous research has documented that these overall declines also led to reductions in racial and ethnic disparities in health coverage rates.

  6. www.healthaffairs.org › doi › 10The ACA’s Impact On Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Health ...

    Early research on the ACA found that insurance coverage increased more for black and Hispanic adults than for white adults, which slightly reduced disparities in coverage. 1,8–10 The increase...

    • Thomas C Buchmueller, Helen G Levy
    • 2020

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  8. www.commonwealthfund.org › publications › 2020How the Affordable Care Act Has Narrowed Racial and Ethnic ...

    Jan 16, 2020 · The ACA has led to historic improvements in access to care for black and Hispanic adults in the U.S., with Medicaid a significant driver in reducing racial gaps in those states expanding coverage. But that progress has stalled — and in some cases even eroded — since 2016.

  9. www.cbsnews.com › news › affordable-care-actThe Affordable Care Act has significantly reduced racial ...

    Mar 20, 2023 · The Affordable Care Act, passed in 2010 under former President Barack Obama, has expanded health insurance coverage across the U.S. and significantly reduced racial and ethnic...

  10. www.healthaffairs.org › doi › 10The Affordable Care Act Reduced Socioeconomic Disparities In ...

    Aug 1, 2017 · The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to improve access to health care by expanding insurance coverage. Although some aspects of the ACA applied to people of all socioeconomic strata—such...