Medical Xpress January 21, 2025
With lawmakers in Washington, D.C. and state houses getting ready to make major health policy decisions, a pair of new University of Michigan studies shows how past policy decisions have affected older Americans with modest or low incomes.
The new findings could also help inform upcoming decisions about health insurance programs that are currently open to people with incomes under about $60,000 per person, and programs aimed at those living in or near poverty.
One study, published in JAMA Health Forum, looks at people who turned 65 in the time since the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance provisions took effect in 2014, compared with those who turned 65 before the ACA.
It shows that the more recent group have lower...
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