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Objectives. To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. Methods. We used data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2014 to examine changes ...
We considered how the insurance coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act have affected disparities related to race and ethnicity.
- Thomas C Buchmueller, Helen G Levy
- 2020
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.
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).
The ACA’s coverage expansions have led to historic reductions in racial disparities in access to health care since 2013, but progress has stalled and, in some cases, eroded since 2016.
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Aug 1, 2017 · Although some aspects of the ACA applied to people of all socioeconomic strata—such as eliminating exclusions due to preexisting conditions—key features of the law sought to increase coverage among...
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May 12, 2021 · The ACA’s impact on racial and ethnic disparities in health insurance coverage and access to care: An examination of how the insurance coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act have affected disparities related to race and ethnicity.
