THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: AN ANALYSIS OF HEALTHCARE ACCESS IN THE UNITED STATES
This paper examines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by assessing if access to health care has improved through its implementation. The paper first explores the history of attempted healthcare reform and how it set up the ACA to pass Congress in 2010. It continues with an overview of the act to provide...
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The University of Arizona.
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612990 http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/612990 |
| Summary: | This paper examines the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by assessing if access to health care has improved through its implementation. The paper first explores the history of attempted healthcare reform and how it set up the ACA to pass Congress in 2010. It continues with an overview of the act to provide context for analysis of access-focused components of the legislation. Data is analyzed to conclude if access to health care has been increased by the ACA by looking at uninsured rates across different populations and participation of states in expansions of public programs like Medicaid. The paper concludes that access to health care in the United States has been improved through reforms in the Affordable Care Act. |
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