Thanks, Obama? ACA making Americans healthier, new studies suggest
New research suggests that since the Affordable Care Act has launched, Americans are less likely to have medical debt and postpone care because of cost, and more likely to have a regular doctor and receive preventive health resources, such as vaccines and cancer screenings.
The most recent study, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggests that low-income people in Arkansas and Kentucky are healthier because their states expanded Medicaid insurance, unlike Texas, which didn’t and has less healthy residents.
The survey found that people in Arkansas and Kentucky were almost 5 percent more likely than people in Texas to say they were in excellent health in 2015, a bigger difference than the year before.
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As a Senior Writer for TriMed Media Group, Katherine primarily focuses on producing news stories, Q&As and features for Cardiovascular Business. She reports on several facets of the cardiology industry, including emerging technology, new clinical trials and findings, and quality initiatives among providers. She is based out of TriMed's Chicago office and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Columbia College Chicago. Her work has appeared in Modern Healthcare, Crain's Chicago Business and The Detroit News. She joined TriMed in 2016.