https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/buso-cph031221.php
News Release 12-Mar-2021
Boston University School of Medicine
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) dramatically increased children's preventive healthcare while reducing out-of-pocket costs, according to a new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study.
Published in JAMA Network Open, the study found that checkups with out-of-pocket costs dropped from 54.2% of visits in 2010 (the year the ACA passed) to 14.5% in 2018.
"This is a great feather in the cap of the ACA, even though there is still some work to do," says study lead author Dr. Paul Shafer, assistant professor of health law, policy & management at BUSPH.
"We found that one in seven families were still charged something for their children's well visits," he says, "and costs can be a barrier to parents keeping their kids up-to-date with preventive care."
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