May
07
ACA Triggers Net Gain Of 16.9M More Insured Americans
ByThe Affordable Care Act has been a catalyst for a net increase of 16.9 million Americans gaining healthinsurance in the last two years via Medicaid expansion and subsidized private coverage with even more people accessing employer-sponsored plans.
A new study by the RAND Corp., which looked at a sampling of 1,600 Americans and their “transitions” to and from forms of health coverage between September 2013 and February 2015 and found 22.8 million Americans gained coverage. There were 5.9 million people who also lost coverage, leaving a net increase of 16.9 million, according to the analysis, published in the journal Health Affairs...
ACA Triggers Net Gain Of 16.9M More Insured Americans
