Thursday, 21 July 2016

US Health Care Reform: Progress and Next Steps

quote [ In this Special Communication, President Barack Obama reviews the Affordable Care Act: why he pursued it, what it has effected, and how the health care system can still be improved. ]

"The ACA has succeeded in sharply increasing insurance coverage. Since the ACA became law, the uninsured rate has declined by 43%, from 16.0% in 2010 to 9.1% in 2015," "Early evidence indicates that expanded coverage is improving access to treatment, financial security, and health for the newly insured" "The law has also greatly improved health insurance coverage for people who already had it." "Multiple sources also indicate that the overall share of health care costs that enrollees in employer coverage pay out of pocket has been close to flat since 2010"
[SFW] [politics] [+1 Good]
[by conception@2:16pmGMT]

Comments

bbqkink said @ 2:34pm GMT on 21st Jul
Just imagine if There wasn't an unprecedented campaign to kill it?

Or that more states would actually enact it.

Adopted the Medicaid Expansion: 32 states (including DC); Not Adopting the Medicaid Expansion at this Time: 19 states
raphael_the_turtle said @ 7:06pm GMT on 21st Jul
And, chocolate and vodka are on sale!

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