title: Changes In Health Status And Care Use After ACA Expansions Among The Insured And Uninsured.
abstract: Following the Affordable Care Act's insurance expansion provisions in 2014, the average health status and use of health care within coverage groups has likely changed. Medicaid enrollees and the uninsured were both healthier in 2014 than those respective groups were in 2013. By contrast, those with individual private insurance coverage appeared less healthy as a group.
authors.affiliation: Paul D. Jacobs (paul.jacobs@ahrq.hhs.gov) is a service fellow in the Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in Rockville, Maryland.
authors.forename: Paul D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.affiliation: Noelia Duchovny is a principal analyst in the Health, Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office, in Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: Noelia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Duchovny
authors.affiliation: Brandy J. Lipton is a research scientist at Social and Scientific Systems, in Rockville.
authors.forename: Brandy J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Lipton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D019458:Insurance Coverage / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008484:Medicaid / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D058991:Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States
keywords: Cost of Health Care; Health Reform; Insurance Coverage < Insurance, Medicaid