Low-income people without health insurance are much less likely than low-income Medicaid enrollees to say they are in excellent health.
Avalere Health L.L.C., Washington, a health policy firm, has included that finding in a discussion of the effects that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2011 (PPACA) may have on Medicaid and other public health programs in 2014.
If PPACA takes effect on schedule and works as supporters hope, it should lead to dramatic growth in Medicaid enrollment in 2014, when PPACA coverage expansion provisions start to apply.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
