The Affordable Care Act Attenuates Financial Strain According to Poverty Level

• Main Authors: Ryan M. McKenna PhD (Author), Brent A. Langellier PhD (Author), Héctor E. Alcalá PhD (Author), Dylan H. Roby PhD (Author), David T. Grande MD (Author), Alexander N. Ortega PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We use data from the 2011-2016 National Health Interview Survey to examine how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) has influenced disparities in health care-related financial strain, access to care, and utilization of services by categories of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). We use...