Coverage for Adults With Chronic Disease Under the First 5 Years of the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A key goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to increase health insurance coverage for people with chronic disease. Little is known about progress toward this goal over the first 5 years of ACA implementation.

Objective

The objective of this study was to assess changes in coverage for nonelderly adults with and without chronic disease over the first 5 years of ACA implementation, and the effects of state-level Medicaid eligibility expansions on coverage for these populations.

Research design

Multivariable and difference-in-differences regression models.

Participants

A total of 2,007,271 adults aged 18-64 years in the nationally representative Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2011-2018 data.

Measures

Self-rep

SUBMITTER: Myerson R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7641181 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature