Millions of Americans Reaping Benefits of Affordable Care Act

The combined company would insure 53 million people, making it larger than the biggest health insurer, United Health Care, which insures 48.5 million Americans. Sommers is a health economist with Harvard’s T.H.

In the study, Sommers and his colleagues analyzed results of the 2012-2015 Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, a daily national telephone survey.

In particular, minority groups and the chronically ill have made huge strides in gaining health coverage and getting the care they need, the researchers reported.

In addition, people with chronic medical conditions reported overall improvements in health and functioning, a potential benefit from expanded health insurance and policy changes, researchers say.

The percentage of people saying they had days in which their activity was limited by bad health was 1.7 percentage points lower than the pre-ACA trend line would have anticipated.

The study referenced research into Massachusetts health reform and the well-known Oregon Health Experiment, which tracked the outcomes for people who enrolled in Medicaid through a lottery, which found coverage expansions were accompanied by better self-reported health.

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Low-income adults in Medicaid expansion states experienced a significant drop in the uninsured rates, and as a result more had gotten their own personal physician and were experiencing easier access to medicine, the study found.

The study’s other findings generally align with the body of post-Obamacare implementation research: Declines in the uninsured rate, the percentage of people who lacked access to a primary-care doctor, and the percentage of people unable to afford health care.

The ACA, which has survived many legislative and legal challenges, will continue to be a target in the future, Haislmaier said.

As expected, opposing the ACA is a common strategy for Republican presidential candidates, some promising to repeal the law should they be elected. The latest battle stemmed around the law’s tax credits regarding states that participated in health exchanges.

According to a new study, in states that accepted federal money to expand their Medicaid programs, safety net hospitals are beginning to see profits for the first time in years because more of their patients are now insured.

“And the cases will publish forever the discouraging truth that the Supreme Court of the United States favors some laws over others, and is prepared to do whatever it takes to uphold and assist its favorites”, Scalia concluded.