As the Affordable Care Act turns 10, a new study shows it has narrowed racial and ethnic gaps in access to health insurance -- but definitely not eliminated them.Both the percentage of people 19-64 who lacked health insurance, and the size of the health insurance gap between white, African-American and Hispanic-Americans, shrank. From 2013 to 2017, the gap between blacks and whites narrowed 45%, and the difference between Hispanics and whites narrowed 35%.
ACA helped make health insurance access more equal, but racial and ethnic gaps remain
- EurekAlert
- 2. 3 2020 (06:00)