Medical Economics March 22, 2023
Peterson-KFF ponders repercussions if patients have to pay out of pocket for vaccines or exams.
Women, children, and older adults could be the patients most affected if legal challenges lead to cuts in preventive health care.
A Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker study analyzed the use of preventive care now free and required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Based on 2018 figures, six in 10 people with private insurance, or 60%, received some ACA preventive care.
That amounts to about 100 million people, based on the number of nonelderly people with private health insurance, as tallied by the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau.
But changes to the law requiring preventive care could lead to greater...