Access to preventive services without cost-sharing: evidence from the Affordable Care Act

Access to preventive services without cost-sharing: evidence from the Affordable Care Act

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
ASPE issue brief
Contributor(s):
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. Office of Health Policy, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, D.C. : Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Office of Health Policy, January 11, 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost Sharing
Health Services Accessibility
Preventive Health Services -- economics
Facilities and Services Utilization -- statistics & numerical data
United States
United States.
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) substantially increased access to care and coverage of preventive services without cost-sharing for millions of Americans. Many preventive services including vaccinations, well-child visits, screening for HIV and sexually transmitted infections, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, contraception, and cancer screening are required to be covered by most group and individual health plans and for many Medicaid beneficiaries without cost-sharing. Expanded access to recommended preventive services resulted from increases in the number of people covered through private health insurance and Medicaid expansion under the ACA. Analysis of recent data indicates that more than 150 million people with private insurance--including 58 million women and 37 million children--currently can receive preventive services without cost-sharing under the ACA, along with approximately 20 million Medicaid adult expansion enrollees and 61 million Medicare beneficiaries that can benefit from the ACA’s preventive services provisions. Evidence from studies examining the impact of the ACA indicate increased colon cancer screening, vaccinations, use of contraception, and chronic disease screening.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (16 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918589886106676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918589886106676