Changes in Health Care-Related Financial Burden for US Families With Children Associated With the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) sought to improve access and affordability of health insurance. Although most ACA policies targeted childless adults, the extent to which these policies also impacted families with children remains unclear.

Objective

To examine changes in health care-related financial burden for US families with children before and after the ACA was implemented based on income eligibility for ACA policies.

Design, setting, and participants

Data used for this cohort study were obtained from the 2000-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, a nationally representative, population-based survey. Multivariable regression with a difference-in-differences estimator was used to examine changes in family financial burden before and after ACA implementatio

SUBMITTER: Wisk LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7522777 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature