Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Adults Making Gains In Health Insurance And Access To Care

Over the past two years, two major policy changes have affected the ability of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults to gain and keep health insurance coverage and access health care: the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of marriage equality. Since 2013 several studies h...

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Published inHealth Affairs Vol. 34; no. 10; pp. 1769 - 1773
Main Authors Skopec, Laura, Long, Sharon K
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The People to People Health Foundation, Inc., Project HOPE 01.10.2015
Subjects
Adults
Bisexuality
Bisexuality - statistics & numerical data
Bisexuals
Equality
Female
Gays & lesbians
Health
Health care access
Health care industry
Health care policy
Health insurance
Health policy
Health surveys
Homosexuality
Homosexuality - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Indigent care
Insurance
Insurance coverage
Insurance, Health - statistics & numerical data
Internet
Legislation
Lesbianism
Male
Marriage
Medical service
Medically Uninsured - statistics & numerical data
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Reforms
Same sex marriage
Socioeconomic factors
Statistical analysis
Studies
Surveys
United States
United States > US
Access To Care
Disparities
Insurance
Health Reform
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Summary:Over the past two years, two major policy changes have affected the ability of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults to gain and keep health insurance coverage and access health care: the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of marriage equality. Since 2013 several studies have shown large reductions in the uninsurance rate for LGB adults. This study assessed whether this reduction in the uninsurance rate has been accompanied by improvements in access and affordability, along with the extent of gaps between LGB and non-LGB adults. The authors used data from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey, a probability-based Internet survey conducted quarterly since 2013. They did not find statistically significant changes in access to and affordability of care over the past twelve months during the study period, although difficulties obtaining and affording care appear to have declined.
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ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0826