Insuring the future: current trends in health coverage and the effects of implementing the Affordable Care Act : findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2012
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Collins, Sara R., author Doty, Michelle M., author Robertson, Ruth, author Garber, Tracey, author
- Contributor(s):
- Commonwealth Fund, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, N.Y.] : Commonwealth Fund, [2013]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Health Care Reform -- economics Health Care Reform -- legislation & jurisprudence Health Care Reform -- trends Insurance Coverage -- economics Insurance Coverage -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance Coverage -- trends Insurance, Health -- economics Insurance, Health -- legislation & jurisprudence Insurance, Health -- trends Adult Delivery of Health Care -- economics Financing, Personal Forecasting Health Care Costs Health Care Surveys Income -- statistics & numerical data Medically Uninsured -- legislation & jurisprudence Middle Aged Taxes -- statistics & numerical data Humans United States United States.
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- The major insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act go into effect in January 2014, providing new insurance options for people without health insurance and insurance market protections for consumers. The Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey of 2012 finds that the reform law has significantly increased health insurance coverage of young adults. But the findings also underscore why it is critical that implementation continue on schedule. Nearly half (46%) of adults ages 19 to 64, or an estimated 84 million people, did not have insurance for the full year or were underinsured and unprotected from high out-of-pocket costs. Two of five (41%) adults, or 75 million people, reported they had problems paying their medical bills or were paying off medical debt. And more than two of five (43%), or 80 million people, reported cost-related problems getting needed health care.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (44 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101607739 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101607739