Marketplaces helped drive coverage gains in 2015; Affordability problems remained

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1810-1815

  McMorrow, Stacey ^a   Kenney, Genevieve M ^a   Long, Sharon K ^a   Gates, Jason A ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH STATUS; MARKET; MEDICAID; MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADULT; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84994311367     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0941     Document Type: Article

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