Inequalities in Adolescent and Young Adult Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Health Care Post-Federal Health Reform

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. S19
Author(s):  
Lauren E. Wisk ◽  
Niraj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Young Adult Health

scholarly journals Patients’ Perception of Morocco’s Medicine Pricing Reform and Determinants of Their Access to Health Care and Medicine

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Amine Cheikh ◽  
Meryem Moutahir ◽  
Ismail Bennani ◽  
Houda Attjioui ◽  
Wadie Zerhouni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Health Coverage ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Medicine Prices ◽  
The Impact

Background. In 2014, the Ministry of Health of Morocco implemented a reform of medicine pricing that leads to lower prices. This reform has brought about a new method of pricing medicines and a reduction in the prices of more than 1,400 of the 5,000 medicines on the market. The objective of this study was to survey patients’ perceptions of the impact of the reform on medicine prices and affordability of health care, including medicine. Methods. Between September 2017 and September 2018, 360 patients that visited a community pharmacy in four selected areas of different socioeconomic levels were interviewed based on a questionnaire. Findings were studied through univariate and multivariate analyses. Results. Three hundred patients (83%) were included given their completed questionnaire. The majority (89%) of respondents considered medicine prices as a potential barrier to access to health care. Lower medicine prices following the reform were not perceived to have actually impacted respondents’ spending on health care. In some cases, care was delayed, in particular by lower-income respondents and people without insurance and health coverage. Conclusion. The majority of patients participating in the study did not perceive the decrease in medicine prices as sufficient. In addition, the study findings pointed to the relevance of further determinants of access to medicines, such as health insurance coverage. Patients think that the generalized third-party payment mode, which does not oblige patients to spend out of their pockets to have their treatment but rather their health insurance funds that will pay for them, provides optimal access to medicines.

scholarly journals Health Reform and the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey J. Lee ◽  
Deena Kelly ◽  
Matthew D. McHugh
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
Individual Mandate ◽  
The Individual

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 is landmark legislation designed to expand access to health care for virtually all legal U.S. residents. A vital but controversial provision of the ACA requires individuals to maintain health insurance coverage or face a tax penalty—the individual mandate. We examine the constitutionality of the individual mandate by analyzing relevant court decisions. A critical issue has been defining the “activities” Congress is authorized to regulate. Some judges determined that the mandate was constitutional because the decision to go without health insurance, that is, to self-insure, is an activity with substantial economic effects within the overall scheme of the ACA. Opponents suggest that Congress overstepped its authority by regulating “inactivity,” that is, compelling people to purchase insurance when they otherwise would not. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to review the issues and the final ruling will shape the effectiveness of health reform.

Improving Access to Health Care for Children, Youth, and Pregnant Women

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 86 (4) ◽  
pp. 626-635
Author(s):  
PAUL W. NEWACHECK
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Community Health Centers ◽  
Universal Access ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
Low Income Families

Twenty-five years ago it seemed that America was on the verge of universal health care coverage.1 A large and growing number of workers and their dependents had gained employer-based health insurance coverage.2 Medicaid and Medicare were enacted to serve the needs of those who did not work—notably the poor and the elderly. Direct service programs, such as community health centers, maternal and infant care projects, and children and youth projects, were also established in the mid-1960s to serve low-income families. At the time, it appeared that this pluralistic approach to financing health care was leading to universal access to health care.

scholarly journals Health Reform and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in 2014

2014 ◽  
Vol 371 (9) ◽  
pp. 867-874 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin D. Sommers ◽  
Thomas Musco ◽  
Kenneth Finegold ◽  
Munira Z. Gunja ◽  
Amy Burke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Reform ◽  
Insurance Coverage ◽  
Health Insurance Coverage
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