At the ten year mark since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a substantial body
of research has investigated effects of the Medicaid expansion on coverage; access to care …

A growing body of literature examining the effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on
nonelderly adults provides promising evidence of improvements in health outcomes through …

Importance State decisions to expand Medicaid eligibility were particularly consequential for
federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), which serve 30 million low-income patients …

Racist policies and practices that restrict Black, as compared to white workers, from
employment may drive racial inequities in birth outcomes among workers. This study …

We use comprehensive patient-level discharge data to study the effect of Medicaid on the
use of hospital services. Our analysis relies on cross-state variation in the Affordable Care …

Objective To estimate the impact of the major components of the ACA (Medicaid expansion,
subsidized Marketplace plans, and insurance market reforms) on health care access and …

Background Louisiana is one of the few Southern states that enacted the Medicaid
expansion of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). To the authors' …

In principle, older adults have access to a wealth of health-promoting upstream, midstream,
and downstream policy supports, which improve economic security, increase access to a …

Empowering patients to be effective advocates for their health requires that they have
adequate information and understanding about their health conditions. Many patients have …

Objective: To evaluate the effects of gaining access to Medicare on key financial outcomes
for surgical patients. Summary Background Data: Surgical care poses a significant financial …