The impact of state policies on ACA applications and enrollment among low-income adults in Arkansas, Kentucky, and Texas

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1010-1018

  Sommers, Benjamin D ^a,b   Maylone, Bethany ^a   Nguyen, Kevin H ^a   Blendon, Robert J ^a   Epstein, Arnold M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POVERTY; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORKER; UNITED STATES; GOVERNMENT; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; POLICY; POVERTY; STATE GOVERNMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930886407     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0215     Document Type: Article

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