Access To Care Improved For People Who Gained Medicaid Or Marketplace Coverage In 2014

Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Oct 1;35(10):1830-1834. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0716.

Abstract

Newly available longitudinal survey data show that people who lacked health insurance in 2013 and gained coverage through Medicaid or the Marketplaces in 2014 were far more likely to obtain a usual source of care and receive preventive care services than their counterparts who remained uninsured in 2014.

Keywords: Access To Care; Insurance.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Health Care Surveys
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Insurance Coverage / statistics & numerical data*
  • Insurance, Health / statistics & numerical data*
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Medicaid / statistics & numerical data*
  • Medically Uninsured / statistics & numerical data
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / legislation & jurisprudence
  • United States