Studies from Vanderbilt University Yield New Data on Affordable Care Act (The Changing Dynamics Of US Health Insurance And Implications For The…

Studies from Vanderbilt University Yield New Data on Affordable Care Act (The Changing Dynamics Of US Health Insurance And Implications For The Future Of The Affordable Care Act)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Managed Care Weekly Digest -- Investigators publish new report on Affordable Care Act. According to news reporting out of Nashville, Tennessee, by NewsRx editors, research stated, "The introduction of Medicaid expansions and state Marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have reduced the uninsurance rate to historic lows, changing the choices Americans make about coverage. In this article we shed light on these changing dynamics."

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Vanderbilt University, "We drew upon multistate transition models fit to nationally representative longitudinal data to estimate coverage transition probabilities between major insurance types in the years leading up to and including 2014. We found that the ACA's unprecedented coverage changes increased transitions to Medicaid and nongroup coverage among the uninsured, while strengthening the existing employer-sponsored insurance system and improving retention of public coverage. However, our results suggest possible weakness of state Marketplaces, since people gaining nongroup coverage were disproportionately older than other potential enrollees."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "We identified key opportunities for policy makers and insurers to improve underlying Marketplace risk pools by focusing on people transitioning from employer-sponsored coverage; these people are disproportionately younger and saw almost no change in their likelihood of becoming uninsured in 2014 compared to earlier years."

For more information on this research see: The Changing Dynamics Of US Health Insurance And Implications For The Future Of The Affordable Care Act. Health Affairs, 2017;36(2):297-305. Health Affairs can be contacted at: Project Hope, 7500 Old Georgetown Rd, Ste 600, Bethesda, MD 20814-6133, USA (see also Affordable Care Act).

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.A. Graves, Vanderbilt University, Sch Med, Dept. of Hlth Policy, Nashville, TN 37212, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America, Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Health Policy, Medicaid, Vanderbilt University.

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