Changes in Insurance Coverage and Access to Care for Young Adults in 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Previous work has demonstrated the Affordable Care Act (ACA) increased young adults' health care access during its first years. However, it is unclear if these trends continued through 2017; recent policies enacted by the Trump administration may have decreased the ACA's effectiveness. Our purpose was to determine changes in young adults' health care access during the transition from Obama to Trump administrations.

Methods

Data on noninstitutionalized U.S. young adults (18-24 years) was obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2011-2017 (N = 173,848). We used interrupted time series and difference-in-differences analysis to quantify changes in self-reported insurance coverage, access to a primary care physician, and unmet care because of cost from

SUBMITTER: Griffith KN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8211364 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature