Health insurance literacy and awareness of the Affordable Care Act in a vulnerable Hispanic population

The United States ’ health care system has faced an array of challenges, including high costs, health inequities, and high uninsured rates, among others. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), a monumental health reform effort also known as Obamacare, aimed to address several of the system’s shortc omings, most importantly the high rate of the uninsured which stood at 17% of the population (51 million people) in 2009 [1]. The ACA’s passage in 2010 has allowed more than 20 million Americans to obtain coverage under its provisions [2].
Source: Patient Education and Counseling - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research