This post is sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Law and Business.
Somewhere near their first birthdays, children learn to walk. At three years of age, they might start pedaling a tricycle, and at age five, they are poised to enter kindergarten. Has the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, at five years of age, made the same amount of progress? Critics would argue that it has not, but proponents would say that it is moving closer to achieving its goal of quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Regardless of whether it has met its milestones, it is clear that the ACA has already made an impact on insurers. Check out Wolters Kluwer’s ACA 5th Anniversary Strategic Perspectives for an analysis of the law’s effects on the private health insurance market, including:
- the uninsured rate
- the affordability of coverage
- the use of preventive services
- the actions of large employers and insurers
