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Health CareHealth InsuranceThis study examines the consequences of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) dependent coverage provision for the health of U.S. young adults aged 19-25. Using data from the Current Population Survey-March Supplement for the years 2007-2012 and ordered ...
Health insurance coverage increased significantly for young adults after the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act, but there were large differences among racial and ethnic groups, particularly among blacks, an analysis by Oregon State researchers found. The researchers found health insurance rates inc...
…Left to our own devices, we would never buy coverage for every single medical expense. The moral of the story is that government intervention has made America’s health system a mess. Unsurprisingly, many politicians say the answer it to have even more government (which is how we got ...
We previously found that acquiring Medicare coverage was associated with greater increases in physician visits for previously uninsured adults with these conditions.5 Thus, improvements in health trends may have been mediated in part through expanded access to ambulatory care and effective medications for...
In particular, understanding elderly healthcare-seeking behaviors is crucial for improving healthcare coverage and the efficiency of the national healthcare system. Demographic characteristics such as gender, age, marital status, residence status and family income will greatly affect the medical choice of...
body mass index for adults Obesity was traditionally defined as an increase in body weight that was greater than 20 percent of an individual’s ideal body weight—the weight associated with the lowest risk of death, as determined by certain factors, such as age, height, and gender. Based on...
Long lockdowns, food shortages, and the inability to receive basic primary healthcare have aggravated the effects of pandemics. However, most studies have focused on the health problems of the infected people or the measures employed to keep the disease
The Affordable Care Act has led to significant gains in health insurance and access to care for young adults. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013;32(1):165-174.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 2. Sommers BD, Kronick R. The Affordable Care Act and insurance coverage for young adults. JAMA. 2012;...
Countries with limited resources in economic downturns often reduce government expenditures, of which spending on preventive healthcare with no apparent immediate health impact might be cut down first. This research aims to find the optimum share of prev