Insurance Expansion and Health Literacy

Over the next three years, state and local officials will be responsible for reaching out to and enrolling more than 30 million individuals in publicly funded or subsidized health plans offered through state insurance exchanges. Because low health literacy tends to be more prevalent in certain minor...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 306; no. 8; pp. 874 - 875
Main Authors Martin, Laurie T, Parker, Ruth M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 24.08.2011
Subjects
Communication
Community-Institutional Relations
Eligibility
Eligibility Determination
Health care access
Health education
Health insurance
Health Literacy
Health Policy
Humans
Information Dissemination
Insurance Coverage
Insurance, Health
Medically Uninsured
Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act 2010-US
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
State Government
United States
United States
United States > US
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Summary:Over the next three years, state and local officials will be responsible for reaching out to and enrolling more than 30 million individuals in publicly funded or subsidized health plans offered through state insurance exchanges. Because low health literacy tends to be more prevalent in certain minority groups and among those with low income and education, the majority of the newly eligible individuals are likely to have low health literacy. Here, Martin and Parker comment on the impact of the association between insurance expansion and health literacy. According to them, failure to meet enrollment goals will not only undermine the credibility and success of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) but, more importantly, will do little to expand health insurance coverage and improve access to care among those at greatest need.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2011.1212