Reports Summarize Affordable Care Act Study Results from American Cancer Society (Characteristics of Young Adults Enrolled Through the Affordable…

Reports Summarize Affordable Care Act Study Results from American Cancer Society (Characteristics of Young Adults Enrolled Through the Affordable Care Act-Dependent Coverage Expansion)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Research findings on Affordable Care Act are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting out of Atlanta, Georgia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "The purpose of this study was to examine sociodemographic and health care-related characteristics of young adults covered through the Affordable Care Act (ACA)-dependent coverage expansion. Our sample consisted of 36,802 young adults aged 19-25 years from 2011 to 2014 National Health Interview Survey."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from American Cancer Society, "Sociodemographic differences among young adults with the four insurance types were described: privately insured under parents, privately insured under self/spouse, publicly insured, and uninsured. Multivariable logistic models were fitted to compare those covered under parent with those covered through other traditional insurance types, in terms of the following outcomes: health status, health behaviors, insurance history and experience, access to care, care utilization, and receipt of preventive service, controlling for sociodemographic factors. Young adults who were covered under their parents' insurance were most likely to be college students and non-Hispanic whites. These young adults also had more stable insurance, better access to care, better care utilization patterns, and reported better health status, compared to their peers. The beneficiaries of the ACA-dependent coverage expansion were more likely to be college students from families with high socioeconomic status. Coverage under parents was associated with improved access to care and health outcomes among young adults."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The enrollees through the ACA represent the healthiest subgroup of young adults and those with the best care utilization patterns, suggesting that the added cost relative to premium for insurers from this population will likely be minimal."

For more information on this research see: Characteristics of Young Adults Enrolled Through the Affordable Care Act-Dependent Coverage Expansion. Journal of Adolescent Health, 2016;59(6):648-653. Journal of Adolescent Health can be contacted at: Elsevier Science Inc, 360 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Journal of Adolescent Health - www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-adolescent-health/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting X.S. Han, Amer Canc Soc, Surveillance & Hlth Serv Res Program, Atlanta, GA 30329, United States. Additional authors for this research include S.Y. Zhu and A. Jemal (see also Affordable Care Act).

Keywords for this news article include: Atlanta, Georgia, United States, North and Central America, Affordable Care Act, American Cancer Society.

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