Early Experience with the ACA: Coverage Gains, Pooling of Risk, and Medicaid Expansion. Issue 4 (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Blumberg, Linda J.; Holahan, John
• Other Names: Rosenbaum Sara guest-editor.; Thorpe Jane Hyatt guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 44:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 538
• Page End: 545
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1177/1073110516684784
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

We provide an overview of the characteristics of those who have gained insurance coverage due to the ACA as well as the characteristics of the remaining uninsured. We also describe the implications for the broader sharing of health care risks required under the law, and how they vary by individuals' health status. Finally, we assess the implications of state decisions to expand or not expand Medicaid eligibility under the law, how those decisions affect state finances, health care providers, residents, and how the effects may vary for those states using waivers to expand eligibility using strategies designed to be more broadly politically acceptable.