Affordable care act reforms could reduce the number of underinsured US adults by 70 percent

Health Affairs

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1762-1771

  Schoen, Cathy ^a   Doty, Michelle M ^a   Robertson, Ruth H ^a   Collins, Sara R ^a  

^a Commonwealth Fund ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054110355     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0335     Document Type: Article

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