Browsing by Author "Sommers, Benjamin"
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The Impact Of State Policies On ACA Applications And Enrollment Among Low-Income Adults In Arkansas, Kentucky, And Texas
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Maylone, Bethany Abrams; Nguyen, Kevin Hoang; Blendon, Robert J.; Epstein, Arnold M. (Health Affairs (Project Hope), 2015)States are taking variable approaches to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion, Marketplace design, enrollment outreach, and application assistance. We surveyed nearly 3,000 low-income adults in late 2014 to ... -
Insurance Churning Rates For Low-Income Adults Under Health Reform: Lower Than Expected But Still Harmful For Many
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Gourevitch, Rebecca Anna; Maylone, Bethany Abrams; Blendon, Robert J.; Epstein, Arnold M. (Project HOPE, 2016)Changes in insurance coverage over time, or “churning,” may have adverse consequences, but there has been little evidence on churning since implementation of the major coverage expansions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ... -
Insurance Coverage of Emergency Care for Young Adults under Health Reform
Mulcahy, Andrew; Harris, Katherine; Finegold, Kenneth; Kellermann, Arthur; Edelman, Laurel; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2013)Background: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) established nationwide eligibility for young adults 19 to 25 years of age to retain coverage under their parents’ private health plans. We conducted a study to determine how the ... -
Intra-Ethnic Coverage Disparities among Latinos and the Effects of Health Reform
Gonzales, Sergio; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (Wiley, 2017)Abstract: Objective: To examine patterns of insurance coverage among nine Latino subgroups and assess heterogeneous effects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) among these groups. Data sources: American Community Survey ... -
Lessons from Early Medicaid Expansions Under Health Reform: Interviews with Medicaid Officials
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Arntson, Emily Kathryn; Kenney, Genevieve; Epstein, Arnold M. (Office of Research, Development and Information (ORDI), 2013)Background: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically expands Medicaid in 2014 in participating states. Meanwhile, six states have already expanded Medicaid since 2010 to some or all of the low-income adults targeted under ... -
Measuring Medicaid Physician Participation Rates & Implications for Policy
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Kronick, Richard (Duke University Press, 2015)Policymakers continue to debate Medicaid expansion under the ACA, and concerns remain about low provider participation in the program. However, there has been little research on how various measures of physician participation ... -
Medicaid at 50 — From Welfare Program to Nation’s Largest Health Insurer
Iglehart, John K.; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2015) -
Medicaid Expansion — The Soft Underbelly of Health Care Reform?
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Epstein, Arnold M. (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2010) -
Medicaid on the eve of expansion: a survey of state Medicaid officials on the Affordable Care Act
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Gordon, Sarah Hall; Somers, Stephen; Ingram, Carolyn; Epstein, Arnold M. (Allen Press, 2014)Twenty-five states and Washington D.C. are expanding Medicaid in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act. We surveyed Medicaid directors in expanding states to assess expectations and implementation strategies regarding enrollment, ... -
Mortality and Access to Care among Adults after State Medicaid Expansions
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Baicker, Katherine; Epstein, Arnold M. (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2012)Background: Several states have expanded Medicaid eligibility for adults in the past decade, and the Affordable Care Act allows states to expand Medicaid dramatically in 2014. Yet the effect of such changes on adults’ ... -
New Approaches In Medicaid: Work Requirements, Health Savings Accounts, And Health Care Access
Sommers, Ben Daniel; Fry, Carrie Elizabeth; Blendon, Robert J.; Epstein, Arnold M. (Health Affairs (Project Hope), 2018)Alternative approaches in Medicaid are proliferating under the Trump Administration. Using a novel telephone survey, we assessed views on health savings accounts, work requirements, and private vs. public coverage. Our ... -
New Evidence On The Affordable Care Act: Coverage Impacts Of Early Medicaid Expansions
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Epstein, Arnold M.; Kenney, Genevieve (Health Affairs (Project Hope), 2014)The Affordable Care Act expands Medicaid in 2014 to millions of low-income adults in states that choose to participate in the expansion. Since 2010 California, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Washington, D.C., have taken ... -
On the Outskirts of National Health Reform: A Comparative Assessment of Health Insurance and Access to Care in Puerto Rico and the United States
Portela, Maria; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (Wiley, 2015-03-06)Context: Puerto Rico is the U.S.’s largest territory, home to nearly 4 million American citizens. Yet it has remained largely on the outskirts of U.S. health policy, including the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This paper ... -
Pinching the Poor? Medicaid Cost Sharing under the ACA
Saloner, Brendan; Sabik, Lindsay; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS), 2014) -
The Policy Argument for Healthcare Workforce Diversity
Mensah, Michael; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (Springer Nature, 2016)This perspectives article considers the potential implications an affirmative action ban would have on patient care in the US. A physician’s race and ethnicity are among the strongest predictors of specialty choice and ... -
A potential new data source for assessing the impacts of health reform: Evaluating the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index
Skopec, Laura; Musco, Thomas; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (Elsevier BV, 2014) -
The poverty-reducing effect of Medicaid
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Oellerich, Donald (Elsevier BV, 2013)Medicaid provides health insurance for 54 million Americans. Using the Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure (which subtracts out-of-pocket medical expenses from family resources), we estimated the impact of ... -
Predictors of Payer Mix and Financial Performance Among Safety Net Hospitals Prior to the Affordable Care Act.
Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Stone, Juliana Lily; Kane, Nancy Morgan (Baywood Publishing, 2015)Objective: To use audited hospital financial statements to identify predictors of payer mix and financial performance in safety net hospitals prior to the Affordable Care Act. Data Sources/Setting: We analyzed the 2010 ... -
Premium Subsidies, the Mandate, and Medicaid Expansion: Coverage Effects of the Affordable Care Act
Frean, Molly; Gruber, Jonathan; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel (Elsevier, 2017)Using premium subsidies for private coverage, an individual mandate, and Medicaid expansion, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has increased insurance coverage. We provide the first comprehensive assessment of these provisions’ ... -
Prevalence and Predictors of Underinsurance Among Low-Income Adults
Magge, Hema Natesh; Sommers, Benjamin Daniel; Cabral, Howard; Kazis, Lewis (Springer Science + Business Media, 2013)BACKGROUND: Millions of adults will gain Medicaid or private insurance in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act, and prior research shows that underinsurance is common among middle-income adults. Less is known about underinsurance ...