Healio (1/19, Downey) reports, “The percentage of those with schizophrenia who were uninsured decreased after the Affordable Care Act” (ACA) “provisions were implemented, researchers” concluded in a study that “used the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey from 2008 to 2020 to identify” 9,173,644 people with schizophrenia. Next, “the authors calculated descriptive statistics for the sample to assess differences in pre-ACA compared with post-ACA periods,” then “calculated probabilities of insurance coverage using a logistic regression analysis.” The findings were published online Jan. 18 in a research letter in JAMA Psychiatry.
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— “Affordable Care Act provisions reduced percentage of uninsured people with schizophrenia “Ken Downey Jr., Healio, January 19, 2023