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100 1 _aGruber, Jonathan.
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245 1 4 _aThe Affordable Care Act’s Effects on Patients, Providers and the Economy:
_bWhat We’ve Learned So Far /
_cJonathan Gruber, Benjamin D. Sommers.
260 _aCambridge, Mass.
_bNational Bureau of Economic Research
_c2019.
300 _a1 online resource:
_billustrations (black and white);
490 1 _aNBER working paper series
_vno. w25932
500 _aJune 2019.
520 3 _aAs we approach the tenth anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act, it is important to reflect on what has been learned about the impacts of this major reform. In this paper we review the literature on the impacts of the ACA on patients, providers and the economy. We find strong evidence that the ACA's provisions have increased insurance coverage. There is also a clearly positive effect on access to and consumption of health care, with suggestive but more limited evidence on improved health outcomes. There is no evidence of significant reductions in provider access, changes in labor supply, or increased budgetary pressures on state governments, and the law's total federal cost through 2018 has been less than predicted. We conclude by describing key policy implications and future areas for research.
530 _aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
538 _aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files.
538 _aMode of access: World Wide Web.
588 0 _aPrint version record
690 7 _aH3 - Fiscal Policies and Behavior of Economic Agents
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aH51 - Government Expenditures and Health
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aI13 - Health Insurance, Public and Private
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
690 7 _aI18 - Government Policy • Regulation • Public Health
_2Journal of Economic Literature class.
700 1 _aSommers, Benjamin D.
710 2 _aNational Bureau of Economic Research.
830 0 _aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)
_vno. w25932.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.nber.org/papers/w25932
856 _yAcceso en línea al DOI
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w25932
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