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ACA's(Affordable care Act) effects on nonelderly
veterans' insurance coverage demand towards department of veterans
Affairs(VA) health care and coverage.The implication of ACA for
veterans received less attention.A large number of uninsured
veterans fell after this ACA effect. This ACA discoverd some new
coverage option for this VA under ACA who are not enrolled had the
potential to affect health care use among VA patient..
? Major coverage expansions under the ACA,one in ten nonelderly
veterans were uninsured. Lacking access to both VA and non-VA
coverage health insurance. uninsured veterans had adjustments 36%
after implementation of the ACA. By increasing the coverage of this
VA health insurace ACA reduces demand for VA care.Recent finding
for increase the number of uninsured nonelderly proposal ACA
increase the demand for VA health care.
? In 2015 as a research report 600,000 veterans may go without
health insurance unless 19states stop holding out against expanding
medicaid..But 3,27,000 those who going with out health insurance
they will live in 19 states-with Republican governors and not
expanded medicaid..project that around 604,000 veterans and
uninsured in2017 and 54% will live in states that have yet to
expand medicaid.
? In 2010 ACA was designed to get health insurance to more people
by creating online exchange in which people can get insurance and
can get federal subsidies to help pay for the premiums. According
to national health interview survey between 2013 to 2015 the
percentage of uninsured veterans is 42%..It fell down from 11.9% to
6.8% in 2015.
? The ACA includes a major expansion of insurance coverage,and
millions have already enrolled in new plans..Based on coverage
expansion some people receiving uncompensated care,the ACA included
more in it..
? As per medical expenditure panel survey(MEPS) a house hold survey
of U.S,civilian non-institutionalized population,to examine the use
of medical care and source of payement for people with or without
insurance coverage..One more approach has some limitations for
underlying data won't capture all service it give conservative
assumption for uninsured person spending for different
program..
? While full-year uninsured person veterans have small
amount of care covered by direct payment,most of their care is
uncompensated or direct payement from individual..sources of
funding for uncompansated care that 53.3 billion dollars in 2013,
most of this from Medicaid and medicare,Veterans health
administration,Indian health service,community health centers block
grant,Ryan white care Act states ans sectors provided from 19.8
billion dollar to 0.7 billion dollar..