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Title: How Might Veterans and the VA Health System Be Affected by Repeal of the Affordable Care Act?

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: Uninsurance among nonelderly veterans fell by an adjusted 36 percent (3.3 percentage points) after implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Without the ACA, nonelderly veterans would have used about 1 percent more Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care in 2015–125,000 more office visits, 1,500 more inpatient surgeries, and 375,000 more prescriptions. The American Health Care Act would increase uninsurance among veterans and demand for VA care by a greater margin than simply returning to pre-ACA levels of coverage.

Url: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9983.html

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Authors: Dworsky, Michael; Farmer, Carrie, M; Shen, Mimi

Publisher: Rand Corporation

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Health, Other

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