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Category: Uninsured
Who’s Going to Foot the Bill
A recent study explores the impact of rising health insurance costs on the phenomenon of “split coverage,” a practice in which working poor families opt to cover their children via public insurance, even though employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) is available, in Continue Reading …
How the ACA Impacted Emergency Room Visits
Prior studies have demonstrated that when , specifically Medicaid, they visit the emergency department (ED) more frequently. A recent study in Health Affairs analyzed the effect of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance expansion on overall ED volume and payer Continue Reading …
No Difference Between Public & Private Coverage
A new study confirms what many think, that some insurance coverage is better than none. What may challenge some people’s preconceptions is that whether that insurance coverage is private or public (i.e. Medicare or Medicaid) access to care is fairly Continue Reading …
ACA is Reducing Disparities in Coverage
A recent study explores health insurance coverage changes for non-elderly Black, White, and Hispanic adults after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The study answered three different questions. First, were there changes in the source of coverage by race? Continue Reading …
Medicaid is a financial boon for hospitals
One of the primary goals of the Affordable Care Act was to extend coverage broadly across the population: to the sick and uninsurable, to the healthy, and to the poor. A major mechanism to accomplish this was the ACA’s Medicaid Continue Reading …