Thursday, January 26, 2017
What Happens if the Affordable Care Act Is Repealed?
Sherry Glied, Dean of NYU Wagner and a distinguished health policy expert, began by pointing out that before the ACA was passed in 2010, 51 million people could not afford coverage.
In the wake of the law and the expansion of Medicaid in 31 states, the number of uninsured has declined by 20 million to 23 million "to the lowest it has ever been in history." At the same time, data show that access to healthcare has improved...