Health Populi March 8, 2023
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Many health citizens in the U.S. would likely skip receiving preventive health care services if the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) coverage for them goes away, a Morning Consult survey found.

The first chart illustrates the top-line of this research: that most U.S. adults would not pay out of pocket for several preventive services including tobacco cessation, drug use screening, weight loss measures to prevent obesity-related illnesses, as well as screening for depression or HIV.

One of the key benefits embedded in the ACA was “free” without co-pay shares for preventive care. These addressed four broad categories of services for adults and children covering screening and counseling (e.g., depression, diabetes, obesity, various cancers, and sexually transmitted infections) as well as prenatal...

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Survey / Study, Trends
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