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The ACA Turns 10
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law on March 23, 2010. On the law's 10th anniversary, this collection highlights some key CHCF research and resources exploring the impact of the ACA.
See all of CHCF's content on ACA/health reform.
CHCF Blog

The Affordable Care Act Turns 10

March 23, 2020
Xenia Shih Bion
Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal
Stories That Caught Our Attention: Since 2010, the ACA has been folded into American life in myriad ways, reducing the number of people who are uninsured to historically low levels.
CHCF Blog

Ten Years After: The ACA’s Success in Five Charts

March 17, 2020
Anne Sunderland
Expanding Health Coverage, Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends
Happy birthday to the landmark law that reshaped the American health care system.
CHCF Blog

Expanding Medicaid Can Save Lives

August 12, 2019
Xenia Shih Bion
Medi-Cal
Stories That Caught Our Attention: A new study suggests that the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion reduced death rates among older adults with low incomes.
CHCF Blog

Researchers: Medicaid Expansion Equals Better Coverage, Better Outcomes

June 14, 2019
Xenia Shih Bion
Medi-Cal
Stories That Caught Our Attention This Week: Research suggests residents of Medicaid expansion states experience improved health and well-being.
Publication

Affordability on California’s Individual Market Under the ACA

May 2019
Lacey Hartman
Expanding Health Coverage, Coverage Trends
This issue brief explores trends in key data on the affordability of health coverage in California, to highlight both progress and remaining challenges to affordability on the state’s individual market under the ACA.
Publication

ACA Reduces Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Coverage Rates in California

October 2018
Tara Becker
Coverage Trends
New data from the California Health Insurance Survey show that coverage in California remained stable in 2016–17. Of particular note is how the Affordable Care Act has narrowed disparities in coverage between different racial and ethnic groups.
CHCF Blog

Data Show Medicaid Expansion Benefited Family Finances

November 17, 2017
Anne Sunderland
Health Care Costs, Medi-Cal
Researchers have found that the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion is associated with declining medical debt, fewer personal bankruptcies, improved credit scores, and reduced reliance on predatory lending practices.
CHCF Blog

ACA’s Impact: Fewer Uninsured in Most Congressional Districts

May 23, 2017
Lacey Hartman
Medi-Cal
With the intensifying debate over the future of the Affordable Care Act, this timely analysis provides data about changes in the uninsured population between 2013 and 2015 by congressional district.
CHCF Blog

California Health Insurers Hold on to Previous ACA Gains

July 13, 2017
Katherine Wilson
Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends
Health insurance enrollment was stable in 2016, a sign of maturity and equilibrium after the sweeping changes brought about by the ACA in the two previous years.
CHCF Blog

ACA Cost-Sharing Reductions Help Low-Income Working Families

August 22, 2017
Amy Adams
Coverage Trends
With the heightened focus on the monthly Trump administration decisions on cost-sharing reductions for Affordable Care Act plans, a CHCF expert explains the stakes for California.
CHCF Blog

ACA Reduced Health Cost Burden Among African Americans in California

June 2, 2016
David Carlisle
Medi-Cal, Coverage Trends
It's important not to let rhetoric overshadow facts. The ACA, while not perfect, is resulting in improvements in access to health insurance and therefore access to health care.
CHCF Blog

‘The ACA Allowed Me to Pursue My American Dream’

March 10, 2017
Anne Sunderland
Coverage Trends, Medi-Cal
With the Obamacare repeal debate in full swing in Congress, it's important to remember how the law changed millions of Californians' lives for the better. Here are the stories of three of them.
CHCF Blog

Californians with Individual Health Insurance Spent Almost $2,500 Less on Care in Year One of Health Reform

May 25, 2016
Amy Adams, Sam Patnoe
Coverage Trends
Median out-of-pocket spending for families with individual coverage dropped sharply in 2014 as the Affordable Care Act was implemented.
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