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Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage.

Overview of attention for article published in American Journal of Public Health, May 2016
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Title
Effect of the Affordable Care Act on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Insurance Coverage.
Published in
American Journal of Public Health, May 2016
DOI 10.2105/ajph.2016.303155
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Thomas C Buchmueller, Zachary M Levinson, Helen G Levy, Barbara L Wolfe

Abstract

To document how health insurance coverage changed for White, Black, and Hispanic adults after the Affordable Care Act (ACA) went into effect. We used data from the American Community Survey from 2008 to 2014 to examine changes in the percentage of nonelderly adults who were uninsured, covered by Medicaid, or covered by private health insurance. In addition to presenting overall trends by race/ethnicity, we stratified the analysis by income group and state Medicaid expansion status. In 2013, 40.5% of Hispanics and 25.8% of Blacks were uninsured, compared with 14.8% of Whites. We found a larger gap in private insurance, which was partially offset by higher rates of public coverage among Blacks and Hispanics. After the main ACA provisions went into effect in 2014, coverage disparities declined slightly as the percentage of adults who were uninsured decreased by 7.1 percentage points for Hispanics, 5.1 percentage points for Blacks, and 3 percentage points for Whites. Coverage gains were greater in states that expanded Medicaid programs. The ACA has reduced racial/ethnic disparities in coverage, although substantial disparities remain. Further increases in coverage will require Medicaid expansion by more states and improved program take-up in states that have already done so. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print May 19, 2016: e1-e6. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303155).

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 <1%
Unknown 296 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 65 22%
Student > Ph. D. Student 45 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 33 11%
Researcher 26 9%
Student > Bachelor 21 7%
Other 35 12%
Unknown 73 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 67 22%
Medicine and Dentistry 45 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 31 10%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 17 6%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 10 3%
Other 33 11%
Unknown 95 32%
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