Study Results from A. Guild et al Provide New Insights into Health Insurance (Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Implementation and Impact of the…

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Study Results from A. Guild et al Provide New Insights into Health Insurance (Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Implementation and Impact of the Affordable Care Act in US Farmworker Communities)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Current study results on Health Insurance have been published. According to news reporting originating in Washington, District of Columbia, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "Farmworkers are a unique population within rural communities and are often overlooked and undercounted. They face significant disparities in health and health care access compared with the general rural population."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "One goal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is to increase access to health care and health insurance for the country's most vulnerable and underserved populations. Farmworkers' numerous barriers to health care and health insurance remain, despite the ACM progress. Apart from anecdotal accounts, we lack the necessary data to assess the ACA's impact on farmworker communities. This commentary imparts information about farmworker enrollment in and barriers to accessing health insurance, collected through individual conversations, focus groups, interviews, and informal surveys."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "Based on identified challenges and limitations, we make policy recommendations to assess and improve the implementation and relevance of the ACA in farmworker communities."

For more information on this research see: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Implementation and Impact of the Affordable Care Act in US Farmworker Communities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2016;27(4):73-82. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved can be contacted at: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Journals Publishing Division, 2715 North Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21218-4363, USA.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Guild, Farmworker Justice, Washington, DC 20036, United States. Additional authors for this research include C. Richards and V. Ruiz.

Keywords for this news article include: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America, Health Insurance, Agriculture, Farmworker.