Improvements and Gaps in Financial Risk Protection Among Veterans Following the Affordable Care Act.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite public perception, most of the nearly 20 million US veterans have health coverage outside the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and VHA eligibility and utilization vary across veterans. Out-of-pocket healthcare spending thus remains a potential source of financial hardship for veterans. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to expand health insurance access, but its effect on veterans' financial risk protection has not been explored.

Objective

To evaluate whether ACA implementation was associated with changes in veterans' risk of catastrophic health expenditures, and to characterize drivers of catastrophic health spending among veterans post-ACA.

Design

Using multivariable linear probability regression, we examined changes in likelihood of catastr

SUBMITTER: Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8101607 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature