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To address systemic inequity, health systems need to confront and overcome several barriers to healthcare and enable patients to receive quality and equitable care.

The ACA certainly brought us closer to universal coverage, a system where the government typically pays for basic health care services for everyone.

There are three ways of achieving universal coverage: Force business to provide insurance for everyone working; induce business to do it by providing big subsidies; or have government provide it ...

Score: 4.5/5 (8 votes) uninsurance has been attributed to a number of factors, including rising health care costs, the economic downturn, an erosion of employer-based insurance, and public program cutbacks. Developing effective strategies for reducing uninsurance requires understanding why people lack insurance coverage.

Under the Act, health-care coverage should be increased by (i) the introduction of state-level insurance exchanges, which provide an online market for individuals and small businesses to purchase health insurance coverage (Box 5).

Forty-six million people, or nearly one in five nonelderly adults and children, currently lack health insurance in the United States, an increase of 6 million since 2000.1 The recent rise in uninsurance has been attributed to a number of factors, including rising health care costs, the economic downturn, an erosion of employer-based insurance, and public program cutbacks.2 Developing effective ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought sweeping change to the U.S. health care system, expanding comprehensive health insurance to millions of Americans and making it possible for anyone with health problems to get coverage by banning insurers from denying coverage or charging more because of preexisting conditions. In 2018 there were 18.2 million fewer uninsured people in the U.S. than when ...

Access to healthcare means having “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes.”1 Access to comprehensive, quality healthcare services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, reducing unnecessary disability and premature death, and achieving health equity for all Americans.2 Attaining good access to care means ...

The antecedents of such differences involve such “drivers” as cost and access to the healthcare system, primary care physicians, and preventive health services. In addition, the subtle role of bias in creating and/or exacerbating health disparities is well documented in the literature.

This Health Policy 101 chapter examines the share of the United States population who are uninsured, highlighting their demographics and the challenges they face because of the lack of coverage ...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 sought to address these inequalities by expanding health insurance access and regulations aimed at improving care quality. Programs like Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provide essential coverage for low-income Americans, particularly children and seniors.

Health care access and quality includes key issues, such as access to health care, access to primary care, health insurance coverage, and health literacy. These issues can make it difficult or impossible for people to prepare for and respond to an emergency to their full potential.

Lack of insurance coverage, high costs, and poor outcomes are well-documented problems in the US health care system, and policies to address them have been hotly debated for decades. However, complexity is another underappreciated problem that hinders access and affordability and is more difficult to quantify.

Medicaid eligibility has also been an essential part of past gains in health insurance coverage; it will remain essential for future gains and for reducing disparities in coverage and access to care.

For some of these patients, these access to care barriers stem from insufficient network coverage of mental health services within their health insurance plan. If plans do not cover a broad spectrum of mental health professionals, it can be difficult for patients to find affordable doctors with available appointments.

In an era of rising health care costs and budget constraints, an increasing number of Americans have difficulty paying for needed health care services. Among the uninsured, finding a provider who offers affordable services is challenging at best, and the wait for an appointment with a provider offering free or reduced-price services can be considerable. 1 For those with Medicaid coverage ...

Health insurance coverage is an important determinant of access to health care. Uninsured children and nonelderly adults are substantially less likely to have a usual source of health care or a recent health care visit than their insured counterparts.

The US spends more per person on healthcare than other wealthy countries but trails behind them in key health indicators like lower life expectancy. Access to healthcare in the US is limited by high cost, lack of insurance coverage, and a shortage of healthcare providers.

The lack of interest some state leaders have in covering their uninsured residents makes getting to full coverage all the more difficult.