Repealing ACA would leave more veterans uninsured, increase pressure on VA
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Under legislation passed by the
These groups of veterans are more likely than other nonelderly veterans to obtain care from the
"Repealing or significantly scaling back the Affordable Care Act is likely to increase the number of uninsured veterans," said
Veterans are less likely to be uninsured than similar nonveterans, in large part because many have access to
RAND researchers estimate that just under three in five nonelderly veterans were eligible for
Veterans who enroll in the
RAND researchers assessed the likely effects of changes to the ACA by examining how many military veterans gained coverage under the law and their sources of health care coverage. They then modeled how proposed changes to the ACA would have affected coverage of veterans if the changes had been imposed on the veteran population that existed in 2015.
The analysis broadly considered many of the changes proposed in both the American Health Care Act (passed by the
RAND researchers found that the ACA reduced both the number of uninsured veterans and the number of
The demographics of the nonelderly
RAND researchers also estimated how state Medicaid expansion decisions affected veterans' insurance status. They found that Medicaid expansion substantially increased insurance coverage for low-income veterans in the income range targeted by Medicaid expansion.
The effects on veterans and the
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