Refinement of the Affordable Care Act

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dc.citation.firstpage19
dc.citation.journalTitleAnnual Review of Medicine
dc.citation.lastpage28
dc.citation.volumeNumber69
dc.contributor.authorHo, Vivian
dc.contributor.orgBaker Institute for Public Policy
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-27T15:44:48Z
dc.date.available2018-06-27T15:44:48Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractRegardless of what legislation the federal government adopts to address health insurance coverage for nonelderly Americans, private insurance will likely play a major role. This article begins by listing some of the major reasons critics dislike the Affordable Care Act (ACA), then discusses the validity of these concerns from an economics perspective. Criticisms of the ACA include the increased role of government in health care, the ACA's implicit income redistribution, and concern about high and rising insurance premiums. Suggestions for refining the ACA and its market-based insurance system are then offered, with the goals of lowering insurance premiums, improving coverage rates, and/or addressing the concerns of ACA critics. Americans favor the increase in insurance coverage that has occurred under the ACA. In order to sustain this level of coverage, steps to lower Marketplace premiums through a variety of strategies affecting potential enrollees, insurers, and healthcare providers are offered.
dc.identifier.citationHo, Vivian. "Refinement of the Affordable Care Act." <i>Annual Review of Medicine,</i> 69, (2018) Annual Reviews: 19-28. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-052616-044854.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-med-052616-044854
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/102310
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAnnual Reviews
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by Annual Reviews.
dc.subject.keywordMedicaid
dc.subject.keywordhealth economics
dc.subject.keywordhealth insurance
dc.subject.keywordhealthcare reform
dc.subject.keywordinsurance marketplace
dc.subject.keywordprice transparency
dc.titleRefinement of the Affordable Care Act
dc.typeJournal article
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