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Who Gained Insurance Coverage in 2014, the First Year of Full ACA Implementation?

The most significant pieces of the Affordable Care Act (exchanges, subsidies, Medicaid expansion, and individual mandate), implemented in 2014, were associated with sizable gains in coverage nationally that were divided equally between gains in Medicaid and private coverage. These national trends ma...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Courtemanche, Charles, Marton, James, Yelowitz, Aaron
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5071696/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27061861
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hec.3349
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Sumario:The most significant pieces of the Affordable Care Act (exchanges, subsidies, Medicaid expansion, and individual mandate), implemented in 2014, were associated with sizable gains in coverage nationally that were divided equally between gains in Medicaid and private coverage. These national trends mask heterogeneity in gains by state Medicaid expansion status, age, income level, and source of coverage. © 2016 The Authors. Health Economics published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.